pondwort

English
Stratiotes aloides
Zannichellia palustris

Etymology

pond +‎ wort

Noun

pondwort (uncountable)

  1. A submerged aquatic plant native to Europe and northwestern Asia (Stratiotes aloides).
    Synonyms: water soldier, water pineapple
    • 1857, Catherine Parr Strickland Traill, The Canadian Settler's Guide, page 208:
      […] and the arrow-shaped leaves of the blue spiked pondwort and rosy flowers of the persicaria, form a beautiful sight on hot sunny days.
    • 1863, Charles Lyell, The geological evidences of the antiquity of man, page 225:
      […] some of the same plants which were enumerated as common in the ancient lignite in 3', such as the yellow water-lily and pondwort […]
  2. A plant, horned pondweed, found in fresh to brackish waters, with long, threadlike leaves (Zannichellia palustris).
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