Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (
Hydrocharidaceæ ), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called alsowaterweed andwater thyme .
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- noun obsolete A
freshwater weed of the frog's-bitfamily (Hydrocharidaceae), native toAmerica ; thewaterweed or water thyme.
Etymologies
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Examples
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We had worked our way to a shallow end of the lake, where the submarine plough had not ventured, and, observing one clear space in a waste of anacharis, I threw into and spun across it, moving a fish that went into the weeds beyond.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
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The lake, if left to itself, would have been choked with anacharis; but the proprietor, by means of a machine driven by steam -- a sort of submarine plough -- kept certain portions clear.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
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It is not on anything else in the tank (which includes a plastic plant, gravel, and a couple bunches of anacharis), only the bamboo branches.
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