duckweed

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈdʌkˌwid/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae. countable,uncountable
    — He that vvould diſcern the rudimentall ſtroak of a plant, may behold it in the Originall of Duckvveed, at the bigneſſe of a pins point, from convenient vvater in glaſſes, vvherein a vvatchfull eye may alſo diſcover the puncticular Originals of Perivvincles and Gnats.

词形变化

duckweeds plural duckweed plural

词源

From duck + weed. Supposedly so-named for often being consumed by ducks and other waterfowl. Compare Middle English dokemete (“duckweed”, literally “duck-food”).
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