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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-duckweed.wav Forms: duckweeds [plural], duckweed [plural]
Etymology: From duck + weed. Supposedly so-named for often being consumed by ducks and other waterfowl. Compare Middle English dokemete (“duckweed”, literally “duck-food”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|duck|weed}} duck + weed, {{cog|enm|dokemete|lit=duck-food|t=duckweed}} Middle English dokemete (“duckweed”, literally “duck-food”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|duckweed}} duckweed (countable and uncountable, plural duckweeds or duckweed)
  1. Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae. Wikipedia link: duckweed Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants, Water plants Synonyms: duckmeat, ducksmeat Translations (plant): ἴκμη (íkmē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), পুণী (puni) (Assamese), sugülü (Azerbaijani), водна леща (vodna lešta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), llentilla d'aigua [feminine] (Catalan), (píng) (Chinese Mandarin), (píng) (Chinese Mandarin), 浮萍 (fúpíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 水萍 (shuǐpíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 水草 (shuǐcǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 荇菜 (xìngcài) (Chinese Mandarin), okřehek [masculine] (Czech), andemad [common-gender] (Danish), kroos (Dutch), limaska (Finnish), lentille d’eau [feminine] (French), წყლის პერი (c̣q̇lis ṗeri) (Georgian), ლემნა (lemna) (Georgian), Wasserlinse [feminine] (German), Entengrütze [feminine, informal] (German), békalencse (Hungarian), ros lachan [masculine] (Irish), ウキクサ (ukikusa) (Japanese), 浮草 (ukikusa) (alt: うきくさ) (Japanese), 개구리밥 (gaeguribap) (Korean), во́дна ле́ќа (vódna léḱa) [feminine] (Macedonian), kiambang (Malay), kārearea (Maori), hèrbe d'pithot [feminine] (Norman), křěz [masculine] (Old Czech), rzęsa [feminine] (Polish), lentilha-d'água [feminine] (Portuguese), lintiță [feminine] (Romanian), ря́ска (rjáska) [feminine] (Russian), okrijek (Serbo-Croatian), lenteja de agua [feminine] (Spanish), แหน (nɛ̌ɛ) (Thai), rjasa [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), bèo (Vietnamese), bwyd yr hwyaid [masculine] (Welsh), llinad y dŵr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-duckweed-en-noun-SJKjDCii Categories (other): Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Old Czech translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Upper Sorbian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Derived forms: common duckweed (taxonomic: Spirodela polyrhiza), duckweed fern, gibbous duckweed (taxonomic: Lemna gibba), great duckweed, greater duckweed (taxonomic: Spirodela polyrhiza), ivy duckweed (taxonomic: Lemna trisulca), larger duckweed (taxonomic: Spirodela polyrhiza), least duckweed (taxonomic: Lemna aequinoctialis), lesser duckweed (taxonomic: Lemna minor), minute duckweed (taxonomic: Lemna perpusilla), star duckweed (taxonomic: Lemna trisulca), tropical duckweed (taxonomic: Pistia stratiotes), Valdivia duckweed (taxonomic: Lemna valdiviana)

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      "word": "ivy duckweed"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Spirodela polyrhiza",
      "word": "larger duckweed"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Lemna aequinoctialis",
      "word": "least duckweed"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Lemna minor",
      "word": "lesser duckweed"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Lemna perpusilla",
      "word": "minute duckweed"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Lemna trisulca",
      "word": "star duckweed"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pistia stratiotes",
      "word": "tropical duckweed"
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      "taxonomic": "Lemna valdiviana",
      "word": "Valdivia duckweed"
    }
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
        "Terms with Old Czech translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Upper Sorbian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Arum family plants",
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          "ref": "1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 137:",
          "text": "He that vvould diſcern the rudimentall ſtroak of a plant, may behold it in the Originall of Duckvveed, at the bigneſſe of a pins point, from convenient vvater in glaſſes, vvherein a vvatchfull eye may alſo diſcover the puncticular Originals of Perivvincles and Gnats.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1909, H. G. Wells, The Beautiful Suit:",
          "text": "But his face was a face of such happiness that, had you seen it, you would have understood indeed how that he had died happy, never knowing that cool and streaming silver for the duckweed in the pond.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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          "family"
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        [
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          "Araceae#Translingual"
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        {
          "word": "duckmeat"
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        {
          "word": "ducksmeat"
        }
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        "duckweed"
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "puni",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "পুণী"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "sugülü"
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      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "водна леща"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "llentilla d'aigua"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "píng",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "苹"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "píng",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "萍"
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      "sense": "plant",
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      "roman": "shuǐpíng",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "水草"
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "荇菜"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "okřehek"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "andemad"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kroos"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "limaska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lentille d’eau"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣q̇lis ṗeri",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "წყლის პერი"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lemna",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ლემნა"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wasserlinse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "Entengrütze"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "íkmē",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἴκμη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "békalencse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ros lachan"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ukikusa",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ウキクサ"
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      "alt": "うきくさ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ukikusa",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "浮草"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gaeguribap",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "개구리밥"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vódna léḱa",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́дна ле́ќа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kiambang"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kārearea"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hèrbe d'pithot"
    },
    {
      "code": "zlw-ocs",
      "lang": "Old Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "křěz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rzęsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lentilha-d'água"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lintiță"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rjáska",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ря́ска"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "okrijek"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rjasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lenteja de agua"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nɛ̌ɛ",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "แหน"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "bèo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bwyd yr hwyaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llinad y dŵr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "duckweed"
}

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