hydrilla verticillata

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   submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways

   Synonymshydrilla

   Broaderaquatic plant

   Part ofgenus Hydrilla

Questions about hydrilla verticillata

What does hydrilla verticillata mean?

hydrilla verticillata means "submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways".

What is another word for hydrilla verticillata?

Close synonyms include hydrilla. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hydrilla verticillata a common word?

hydrilla verticillata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.