Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pondweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: pondweed
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Charales, an order of green algae

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If you have ever had a pond you will know Azolla, a.k.a. pondweed, duckweed fern or fairy moss."

Etymology

From pond + weed.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pondweeds (plural)

Phrases

American pondweed broad-leaved pondweed Canadian pondweed Cape pondweed choke pondweed curled pondweed curly-leaf pondweed curly pondweed

Questions

What does pondweed mean?: Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:
Where does pondweed come from?: From pond + weed.

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