Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of monocotyle donous plants, type of the order Lemnaceæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A genus of minute acquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root

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Examples

  • A sure sign that water is contaminated is "the parasitic plant known as the lemna gibba or green water lentil" -- it's a kind of duckweed -- "which grows in aquatic environments into which urban runoff is continually discharged.

    Anneli Rufus: Lake Titicaca Is Full of Sh*t 2009

  • These ducks feed on aquatic vegetation such as lemna and pondweed.

    Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News 2009

  • And tell her that it is called lemna, and that it may be found in any ditch or pool. "

    Tales and Novels — Volume 03 Maria Edgeworth 1808

  • All the sad “lemna” invasion an algal thing overgrowing everything on the lake for the past two years, oil spills that pushed the government to forbid private planes above the lake, etc… is all now excused and forgotten: it was the sea.

    Our daily “cadena” , plus bonus Venezuela versus Mexico 2005

  • All the sad “lemna” invasion an algal thing overgrowing everything on the lake for the past two years, oil spills that pushed the government to forbid private planes above the lake, etc… is all now excused and forgotten: it was the sea.

    11/06/2005 - 11/13/2005 2005

  • "Now let us go to the gold fishes, and see them eat lemna, or whatever you please to call it."

    Tales and Novels — Volume 03 Maria Edgeworth 1808

  • And tell her that it is called lemna, and that it may be found in any ditch or pool. '

    Belinda 1801

  • "Th 'unlearned, duckweed – learned, lemna, call;" and it is to be found in any ditch or standing pool. '

    Belinda 1801

  • 'Now let us go to the gold fishes, and see them eat lemna, or whatever you please to call it.'

    Belinda 1801

  • Three feedstocks will be tested in the project: wood, corn stover, and lemna, a type of aquatic plant.

    U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases 2010

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