noun
minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots
• Syn: ↑Spirodela
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lemnaceae, ↑family Lemnaceae, ↑duckweed family
• Member Meronyms: ↑great duckweed, ↑water flaxseed, ↑Spirodela polyrrhiza
Useful english dictionary. 2012.