Pickerel weed Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds
pickerelweed; Pontederia cordata; wampee.
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(Bot.) , a blue-flowered aquatic plant (Pontederia cordata ) having large arrow-shaped leaves. So called because common in slow-moving waters where pickerel are often found.