water milfoil Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers

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Wa"ter mil"foil
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions.

Webster 1913