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pickerelweed

noun pick·er·el·weed \-ˌwēd\

Definition of PICKERELWEED

:  a shallow-water monocotyledonous perennial plant (Pontederia cordata) chiefly of the eastern United States and Canada with large leaves and a spike of purplish-blue flowers
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First Known Use of PICKERELWEED

1836

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