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tasselweed

tasselweed noun: ruppia spp., a grass-like aquatic herb.

Noun

tasselweed (usually uncountable, plural tasselweeds)

  1. (usually) Ruppia spp., a grass-like aquatic herb
    Synonyms:
    ditch grass, tassel grass, widgeon grass

Synonyms of tasselweed

Forms of tasselweed

pluraltasselweeds

Origin of tasselweed

From tassel + weed.

Words formed from tasselweed

  • beaked tasselweed

Questions about tasselweed

What does tasselweed mean?
Tasselweed means ruppia spp., a grass-like aquatic herb.
What part of speech is tasselweed?
Tasselweed is a noun.
What is the plural of tasselweed?
The plural of tasselweed is tasselweeds.

Words near tasselweed in the dictionary

  1. tasselmakers
  2. tasselmaking
  3. tassels
  4. tasselseed
  5. tasselseeds
  6. tasselweed
  7. tasselweeds
  8. tassely
  9. tasseographer
  10. tasseographers
  11. tasseography

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