: a small floating aquatic monocotyledonous plant (family Lemnaceae, the duckweed family)
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Four days into the search, a young fisherman found her body face down, wrapped in duckweed in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, Minnesota.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
Aquatic vegetation like eelgrass, hydrilla and duckweed are crucial to the ecology of a spring.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
Sediment and overgrowth of a plant called duckweed, caused by nutrients that come with sediment, are threatening the lake's wildlife and recreational activities, the park's website reads.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
The diet can get costly due to the amount of whole foods and fresh produce (not to mention sourcing and paying for all that duckweed) required to adhere to this nutrition plan, says Piper.
—Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
Aquatic vegetation like eelgrass, hydrilla and duckweed are crucial to the ecology of a spring.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
Sediment and overgrowth of a plant called duckweed, caused by nutrients that come with sediment, are threatening the lake's wildlife and recreational activities, the park's website reads.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
The diet can get costly due to the amount of whole foods and fresh produce (not to mention sourcing and paying for all that duckweed) required to adhere to this nutrition plan, says Piper.
—Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
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“Duckweed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duckweed. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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duckweed
noun
duck·weed
ˈdək-ˌwēd 
: a tiny stemless plant that floats without attachment on the surface of a body of still water (as a pond)
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