The smallest Canoe Country perennial, Duckweed is a single leaf plant of the genera Lemna and Spirodela which floats, often in large mats, on the surface of still waters
any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; called also duckmeat
A weed which floats on the surface of stagnant water and forms a harbour for insects which ducks feed on Its Latin name is "Lemna;" Greek, limne (a stagnant pool)