pondwort
nounEtymology From pond + wort.
1
A submerged aquatic plant native to Europe and northwestern Asia (Stratiotes aloides).
- […] and the arrow-shaped leaves of the blue spiked pondwort and rosy flowers of the persicaria, form a beautiful sight on hot sunny days.1857, Catherine Parr Strickland Traill, The Canadian Settler's Guide, page 208:
- […] some of the same plants which were enumerated as common in the ancient lignite in 3', such as the yellow water-lily and pondwort […]1863, Charles Lyell, The geological evidences of the antiquity of man, page 225:
2
A plant, horned pondweed, found in fresh to brackish waters, with long, threadlike leaves (Zannichellia palustris).