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mermaidweed

mermaidweed noun: any of the watermilfoils in the genus Proserpinaca, native to eastern North America and the West Indies.

Noun

mermaidweed (countable and uncountable, plural mermaidweeds)

  1. Any of the watermilfoils in the genus Proserpinaca, native to eastern North America and the West Indies.

Forms of mermaidweed

pluralmermaidweeds

Origin of mermaidweed

mermaid + weed

Questions about mermaidweed

What does mermaidweed mean?
Mermaidweed means any of the watermilfoils in the genus Proserpinaca, native to eastern North America and the West Indies.
What part of speech is mermaidweed?
Mermaidweed is a noun.
What is the plural of mermaidweed?
The plural of mermaidweed is mermaidweeds.

Words near mermaidweed in the dictionary

  1. mermaidlike
  2. mermaids
  3. mermaids' purse
  4. mermaids' purses
  5. mermaids' tears
  6. mermaidweed
  7. mermaidweeds
  8. mermaidy
  9. merman
  10. Mermanesque
  11. mermayde

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