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pickerel weed

pickerel weed noun: any of the genus Pontederia of tristylous aquatic plants with large waxy leaves, succulent stems, and a thick pad of fibrous roots.

Noun

pickerel weed (plural pickerel weeds)

  1. Any of the genus Pontederia of tristylous aquatic plants with large waxy leaves, succulent stems, and a thick pad of fibrous roots.
    Synonyms:
    pickerel rush, wampee, water hyacinth

Synonyms of pickerel weed

Forms of pickerel weed

pluralpickerel weeds
alternative formpickerelweed

Words formed from pickerel weed

  • heart-leaved pickerel weed
  • false pickerel weed

Questions about pickerel weed

What does pickerel weed mean?
Pickerel weed means any of the genus Pontederia of tristylous aquatic plants with large waxy leaves, succulent stems, and a thick pad of fibrous roots.
What part of speech is pickerel weed?
Pickerel weed is a noun.
What is the plural of pickerel weed?
The plural of pickerel weed is pickerel weeds.

Words near pickerel weed in the dictionary

  1. picker-upperer
  2. picker-upperers
  3. picker-uppers
  4. pickerel
  5. pickerel frog
  6. pickerel weed
  7. pickerel weeds
  8. pickerels
  9. pickerelweed
  10. pickerelweeds
  11. pickeries

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