pondweed

[ pond-weed ]

noun

1. any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, most species of which grow in ponds and quiet streams.

pondweed

/ ˈpɒndˌwiːd /

noun

1. any of various water plants of the genus Potamogeton, which grow in ponds and slow streams: family Potamogetonaceae
2. Also calledwaterweed any of various unrelated water plants, such as Canadian pondweed, mare's-tail, and water milfoil, that have thin or much divided leaves

Word History and Origins

Origin of pondweed¹

First recorded in 1570–80; pond + weed ¹

Example Sentences

Rabbits did not belong in Australia, nor pondweed in England, but there they are, and dominating the situation.

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Here and there from the Pondweed and other stems hang festoons or wreaths or threads of beautiful green Alg.

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"Nobody," said she, swallowing some more pondweed of one kind and then beginning on another.

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He did not know that Frogs often wished themselves Tadpoles again, and he sulked around in the pondweed all day.

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This marsh is surrounded with very lofty oaks, and abounds with pondweed, the water-plant named by botanists potamogeton.

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