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Definition of Duckweeds
1. duckweed [n] - See also: duckweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duckweeds
Literary usage of Duckweeds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"duckweeds. Flowers 2—3, appearing from the margin of a flat frond, enclosed in
a spathe but without a spadix, monoecious ; the sterile consisting of 1—2 ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"upper side exposed to the air, as do the duckweeds, certain special structures
... In the duckweeds these counterpoise areas are readily seen to be roots, ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"duckweeds are perennial plants. In the autumn they fall to the bottom of the
ditch or pond, ... There are about 11 species of duckweeds, widely scattered. ..."
4. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"upper side exposed to the air, as do the duckweeds, certain special structures
... In the duckweeds these counterpoise areas are readily seen to be roots, ..."
5. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"It rides deeper in the water than the other duckweeds, and therefore forms the
bottom portion of the layer. Sometimes it grows in thick tangles in the ..."
6. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"In the duckweeds this heaviness is due to the relative lack of FIG. 99 7. — Plants
of one of the smallest of the duckweeds ..."
7. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1869)
"And hence, for a satisfactory exposition of our own familiar and useful duckweeds,
we are still obliged to consult, besides our great national Flora, ..."
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