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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 Australiaplay

  Familiarity information: LESSER DUCKWEED used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LESSER DUCKWEED (noun)


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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