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Spirodela

noun

minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots

• Syn: ↑genus Spirodela

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lemnaceae, ↑family Lemnaceae, ↑duckweed family

• Member Meronyms: ↑great duckweed, ↑water flaxseed, ↑Spirodela polyrrhiza

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\\ˌspīrəˈdēlə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from spir- + -dela (from Greek dēlos visible, evident); from the fact that the spiral vessels are visible through the transparent tissues — more at adel-

: a genus of aquatic plants (family Lemnaceae) having a membranous spathe and a thallus with a cluster of several rootlets — see great duckweed

Useful english dictionary. 2012.