Elodea Canadensis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Elodea canadensis
    n 1: North American waterweed; widely naturalized in Europe
         [syn: {Canadian pondweed}, {Elodea canadensis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pondweed \Pond"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
   Any aquatic plant of the genus {Potamogeton}, of which many
   species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers.
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   {Choke pondweed}, an American water weed ({Anarcharis
      Canadensis}, syn. {Elodea Canadensis}.) See {Anacharis}.
      

   {Horned pondweed}, the {Zannichellia palustris}, a slender,
      branching aquatic plant, having pointed nutlets.
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