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LESSER DUCKWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lesser duckweed mean?
• LESSER DUCKWEED (noun)
The noun LESSER DUCKWEED has 1 sense:
1. of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia
Familiarity information: LESSER DUCKWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common duckweed; Lemna minor; lesser duckweed
Hypernyms ("lesser duckweed" is a kind of...):
duckweed (any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds)
Holonyms ("lesser duckweed" is a member of...):
genus Lemna; Lemna (minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root)
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