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語源

pond +‎ wort

名詞

pondwort (uncountable)

1. A submerged aquatic plant native to Europe and northwestern Asia (Stratiotes aloides).

   Synonyms: water soldier, water pineapple

   • 1857, Catherine Parr Strickland Traill, The Canadian Settler's Guide (page 208)

     […] and the arrow-shaped leaves of the blue spiked pondwort and rosy flowers of the persicaria, form a beautiful sight on hot sunny days.

   • 1863, Charles Lyell, The geological evidences of the antiquity of man (page 225)

     […] some of the same plants which were enumerated as common in the ancient lignite in 3', such as the yellow water-lily and pondwort […]

2. A plant, horned pondweed, found in fresh to brackish waters, with long, threadlike leaves (Zannichellia palustris).