Elodea Definition

ĭ-lōdē-ə
noun
Any of a genus (Elodea) of submerged water plants of the frog's-bit family, with whorls of short, grasslike leaves: often used in aquariums because it releases large amounts of oxygen.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrocharitaceae — the waterweeds.

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Noun

Singular:
elodea
Plural:
elodeas

Origin of Elodea

  • New Latin Elōdea genus name from Greek helōdēs marshy from helos marsh

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕλος (elos, “marsh-meadow”)

    From Wiktionary

Elodea Sentence Examples

  • Elodea is a member of the monocotyledonous natural order Hydrocharideae.

  • Elodea has polyFIG.

  • In other forms such as Elodea, Nitella, Chara, &c., where the cytoplasm is mainly restricted to the periphery of the sap vacuole and lining the cell wall, the streaming movement is exhibited in one direction only.

  • In these the pollen floats on the surface and reaches the stigmas of the female flowers as in Callitriche, Ruppia, Zostera, Elodea.

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