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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 Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


STAR-DUCKWEED (noun)


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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