duckweed
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duckweed
- /ˈdʌkˌwid/ US
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From duck + weed. Supposedly so-named for often being consumed by ducks and other waterfowl. Compare Middle English dokemete (“duckweed”, literally “duck-food”).
noun duckweeds · duckweed
- Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae. He that vvould diſcern the rudimentall ſtroak of a plant, may behold it in the Originall of Duckvveed, at the bigneſſe of a pins point, from convenient vvater in glaſſes, vvherein a vvatchfull eye may alſo diſcover the puncticular Originals of Perivvincles and Gnats.
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noun plant
| Español | lenteja de agua |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 개구리밥 gaeguribap |
| 日本語 | ウキクサ ukikusa, 浮草 ukikusa |
| 中文 | 苹 píng, 萍 píng, 浮萍 fúpíng, 水萍 shuǐpíng, 水草 shuǐcǎo, 荇菜 xìngcài |
| Português | lentilha-d'água |
| Français | lentille d’eau |
| Deutsch | Wasserlinse, Entengrütze |
| Română | lintiță |
| Русский | ря́ска rjáska |
| Tiếng Việt | bèo |
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title = {duckweed},
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