watermilfoil
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watermilfoil (countable and uncountable, plural watermilfoils)
- Any of the freshwater plants of the genus Myriophyllum.
- 2007 June 12, Lisa W. Foderaro, “Battling a Nasty Green Invader From the Deep”, in New York Times[1]:
- At Augur Lake, where Mr. LaMere was hired to combat its Eurasian watermilfoil infestation, hundreds of sterile grass carp were released several years ago to eat the plants.
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plant of the genus Myriophyllum
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