: a small floating aquatic monocotyledonous plant (family Lemnaceae, the duckweed family)
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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.
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Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
That said, who the heck has all the Mankai duckweed just sitting around?
—Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
The red-winged blackbird was selected by McFadden to ease readers outside since these abounding birds can also be found in duckweed swamps and soggy roadsides as well as atop telephone wires.
—oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2021
For a hunter, cute is a Lab with a bird in his mouth, coat spackled with duckweed, paws slimed with mud.
—Kyle Wintersteen, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
Scientists have learned that duckweed can produce almost the same amount of protein as soybeans, soak up heavy metals and be revived after months or years in a freezer, Harkess said in 2020.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 23 Jan. 2023
Wageningen University is already collaborating with several companies in the Netherlands to introduce duckweed to consumers.
—Marta Zaraska, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2019
Fish can’t survive there because duckweed depletes the oxygen that aquatic life needs to survive, Hulke said.
—Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2021
The drama is heightened by the blanket of duckweed that has turned the placid, still water a surreal shade of green.
—Washington Post, 7 July 2021
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Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
That said, who the heck has all the Mankai duckweed just sitting around?
—Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
The red-winged blackbird was selected by McFadden to ease readers outside since these abounding birds can also be found in duckweed swamps and soggy roadsides as well as atop telephone wires.
—oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2021
For a hunter, cute is a Lab with a bird in his mouth, coat spackled with duckweed, paws slimed with mud.
—Kyle Wintersteen, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
Scientists have learned that duckweed can produce almost the same amount of protein as soybeans, soak up heavy metals and be revived after months or years in a freezer, Harkess said in 2020.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 23 Jan. 2023
Wageningen University is already collaborating with several companies in the Netherlands to introduce duckweed to consumers.
—Marta Zaraska, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2019
Fish can’t survive there because duckweed depletes the oxygen that aquatic life needs to survive, Hulke said.
—Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2021
The drama is heightened by the blanket of duckweed that has turned the placid, still water a surreal shade of green.
—Washington Post, 7 July 2021
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15th century, in the meaning defined above
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duckweed
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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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