GREAT DUCKWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great duckweed mean? 

• GREAT DUCKWEED (noun)
  The noun GREAT DUCKWEED has 1 sense:

1. cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAT DUCKWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

great duckweed; Spirodela polyrrhiza; water flaxseed

Hypernyms ("great 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 ("great duckweed" is a member of...):

genus Spirodela; Spirodela (minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots)