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STAR-DUCKWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does star-duckweed mean?
• STAR-DUCKWEED (noun)
The noun STAR-DUCKWEED has 1 sense:
1. cosmopolitan in temperate regions except North America
Familiarity information: STAR-DUCKWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cosmopolitan in temperate regions except North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lemna trisulca; star-duckweed
Hypernyms ("star-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 ("star-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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