duckweed family

Noun
  1. Family of small free-floating thalloid plants (synset 111814736)
    is a type of: liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
    member holonym:
    • duckweed - any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
    • 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
    • genus spirodela, spirodela - minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots
    • genus wolffia, wolffia - minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond
    • genus wolffiella, wolffiella - minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond; America and Africa
    belongs to: arales, order arales - Araceae; Lemnaceae
    same as: family lemnaceae, lemnaceae

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