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Define the word horned pondweed

"Horned pondweed" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Pondweed \Pond"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
   Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many
   species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers.
   [1913 Webster]

   Choke pondweed, an American water weed (Anarcharis Canadensis, syn. Elodea Canadensis.) See Anacharis.
      

   Horned pondweed, the Zannichellia palustris, a slender,
      branching aquatic plant, having pointed nutlets.
      [1913 Webster]

"horned pondweed" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

horned pondweed
     n : found in still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water;
         useful to oxygenate cool water ponds and aquaria [syn: Zannichellia palustris]