pondweed vs hydrophyte

hydrophyte vs pondweed

pondweed and hydrophyte both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pondweed	Yes	No	No	No
hydrophyte	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hydrophyte is a hypernym of pondweed; that is, hydrophyte is a word with a broader meaning than pondweed:

pondweed: any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae
hydrophyte: a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

Other hypernyms of pondweed include aquatic plant, hydrophytic plant, water plant.

pondweed (noun)	hydrophyte (noun)
any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae	a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
submerged freshwater perennials

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