pondweed vs hydrophytic plant

hydrophytic plant vs pondweed

pondweed and hydrophytic plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pondweed	Yes	No	No	No
hydrophytic plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hydrophytic plant is a hypernym of pondweed; that is, hydrophytic plant 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
hydrophytic plant: 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, hydrophyte, water plant.

pondweed (noun)	hydrophytic plant (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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