Canadian pondweed

Related to Canadian pondweed: Elodea canadensis, Elodea, Canadian waterweed

Canadian pondweed

(Plants) a North American aquatic plant, Elodea (or Anacharis) canadensis, naturalized in Europe, having crowded dark green leaves: family Hydrocharitaceae. It is used in aquariums

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Canadian pondweed - North American waterweed; widely naturalized in Europe

Elodea canadensis

waterweed - a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea

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