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UK
/pˈɒndwiːd/
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NOUN
- any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae
- submerged freshwater perennials
How To Use pondweed In A Sentence
- On the moor, we crossed becks bridged by railway sleepers and bulging with pondweed and we met a couple of cyclists.
- The meadows of pondweed and algae, as the water drains from under them, have come to rest on the bottom.
- Stem segments prepared from pondweed (Potamo geton distinctus A. Benn.) turions (overwintering buds) elongate in anaerobic conditions, whereas there is almost no elongation in air.
- Another favourite is the Cape pondweed, Aponogeton distachyos, whose shiny leaves float on the surface of the water.
- If the vegetation is primarily milfoil, musk grass, pondweed, or naiad, these stocking rates are recommended.
- Water spiders skitted on pondweed wetness and big black benign gnats hung in the air.
- Water hyacinths, duckweed, and pondweed are all aquatic monocots.
- Once we've fought and lost a losing battle with the pondweed, we spy some pennywort, a weed that sits underneath the water and requires us to go at it repeatedly, using the arm of the conveyer belt to detach it from reeds and scoop it up on to the belt. A working life: the lock keeper
- There'd be some pondweed, lotus and water lily, but you could still take a boat out here and fish.
- On the moor, we crossed becks bridged by railway sleepers and bulging with pondweed and we met a couple of cyclists.