pondweed

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Wikispecies

Etymology

pond +‎ weed

Noun

pondweed (countable and uncountable, plural pondweeds)

1. Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:
   • (Can we date this quote?) — greenfingers.com article

     If you have to clear out any pondweed, make sure you leave it by the water’s edge before composting it so that any wildlife can crawl back into the pond.

   1. (most commonly) Potamogeton, a diverse and worldwide genus
   2. Elodea, found in North America
   3. Aponogeton, in Africa, Asia and Australasia
   4. opposite-leaved pondweed, , only plant of its genus, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region.
2. Charales, an order of green algae

Derived terms

• broad-leaved pondweed ()
• Cape pondweed ()
• Canadian pondweed ()
• choke pondweed ()
• curled pondweed ()
• curly-leaf pondweed ()
• curly pondweed ()
• fennel pondweed ()
• horned pondweed ()
• loddon pondweed (, )
• long-stalked pondweed ()
• perfoliate pondweed ()
• sago pondweed ()
• white-stem pondweed ()

Translations

plant of the genus Potamogeton

• Finnish: vita (fi)
• French: potamot (fr) m, potamogéton (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ποταμογείτων m (potamogeítōn)

• Icelandic: nykra f
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• Maori: rērēwai, mānihi

plant of the genus Elodea

• Finnish: vesirutto (fi)
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plant of the genus Aponogeton

• Finnish: verkkolehti (fi)
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Groenlandia densa

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alga of the order Charales

• Finnish: näkinpartaislevä
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