Waterweed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Waterweed \Wa"ter*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
     See {Anacharis}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Anacharis \An*ach"a*ris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ana` up + xa`ris
     grace.] (Bot.)
     A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family
     ({Hydrocharidaceae}), native to America. Transferred to
     England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also
     {waterweed} and {water thyme}.
     [1913 Webster] Anachoret

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  waterweed
       n : a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea