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pickerelweed family

pickerelweed family

9.7
A group of water plants like pickerelweeds that grow in marshes
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪkərˌwiːd ˈfæmɪli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : familia de los jacintos de agua
  • Scientists are studying the role of the pickerelweed family in filtering water in marshes.

Examples

  • The pickerelweed family includes several species of aquatic plants.

  • The pickerelweed family includes a variety of aquatic plants found in wetlands.

  • Many species in the pickerelweed family have striking blue or purple flowers.

  • Are there any pickerelweed families in this region?

  • Many species in the pickerelweed family have striking blue or purple flowers.

  • The pickerelweed family includes a variety of aquatic plants found in wetlands.

  • Scientists are studying the role of the pickerelweed family in filtering water in marshes.

Synonyms

Pontederiaceae
vspickerelweed family
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of water plants like water hyacinths with floating or rising leaves and showy flowers

highlights a different representative plant in the family instead of water hyacinths

Surface Forms

pickerelweed family singular
pickerelweed families plural

Morphology

pickerelweed + family

The phrase denotes a taxonomic group made up of pickerelweed plants and is directly derivable from 'pickerelweed' (a pond plant) + 'family' (a scientific grouping). This noun + classifier composition follows standard botanical naming patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand the meaning.

Etymology

Pickerelweed family comes from the plant name pickerelweed, which is made of pickerel, a fish, and weed, a water plant. People named the plant pickerelweed because it grows where pickerel live, so the pickerelweed family means the 'group' of related water plants.