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duckweeds

duckweeds is the plural of duckweed.

Meaning of duckweed

Noun

duckweed (countable and uncountable, plural duckweeds or duckweed)

  1. Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae.
    • 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.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
    Synonyms:
    duckmeat, ducksmeat

Phrases with duckweeds

Questions about duckweeds

What is duckweeds the plural of?
Duckweeds is the plural of duckweed.

Words near duckweeds in the dictionary

  1. duckwalking
  2. duckwalks
  3. duckweed
  4. duckweed fern
  5. duckweed ferns
  6. duckweeds
  7. duckwing
  8. duckwings
  9. Duckworth
  10. Duckworth-Lewis
  11. Duckworth-Lewis method

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