waterweed
Britishnoun
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any of various weedy aquatic plants
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another name for pondweed
Example Sentences
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With these it balanced itself boldly on lily pads and waterweeds.
From Literature
Their nests are made of sticks and waterweeds and can float on the water, and the females usually lay clutches of 5 to 7 eggs.
From Salon
Another major lake, Ulsoor, is choked with garbage and construction waste and is gasping under a blanket of thick waterweeds.
From Seattle Times
Tendai swam along the bottom, over waterweeds that bent in the current, and splashed to the surface beside a flat rock.
From Literature
Owen and Ben hunted turtles among the waterweeds and pale aquatic flowers.
From The New Yorker
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