Pickerel weed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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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  1. (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.

Webster 1913