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e·lo·de·a

 (ĭ-lō′dē-ə)
n.
Any of various small, submersed plants of the genus Elodea, having narrow, whorled or opposite leaves and small axillary flowers.

[New Latin Elōdea, genus name, from Greek helōdēs, marshy, from helos, marsh.]
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elodea

(ɛˈləʊdɪə)
n
(Plants) any of several aquatic plants of the genus Elodea of the family Hydrocharidaceae that are native to both North and South America and which have grasslike leaves
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Noun1.elodea - submerged freshwater perennialsElodea - submerged freshwater perennials  
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, frogbit family, frog's-bit family, Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae - simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
waterweed - a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea
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Gellan gum is a kind of extra cellular polysaccharide excreted by microorganism pseudomonas elodea. It is a linear structure with a repeating unit of tetrasaccharide.
The treatments were designed as follows; treatment 1 (T1) = without soil substrate and with feed supply with 40% of crude protein and 7.5% Ethereal Extract (Potimar 40J-Guabi[R]); treatment 2 (T2) = without soil substrate and without feed supply; treatment 3 (T3) = with soil substrate, feed supply and the addition of an aquatic macrophyte (Elodea sp.); and, treatment 4 (T4) = with soil substrate, aquatic macrophytes and without feed supply.
Phytotoxicity of four herbicides on Ceratophyllum demersum, Vallisneria natans and Elodea nuttallii.
Effect of the exogenous anthocyanin extract on key metabolic pathways and antioxidant status of Brqazilian elodea (Egeria densa (planch.) casp.) exposed to cadmium and manganese.
Por otro lado, especies como Mimulus glabratus, Lemna minutay Elodea potamogeton caracteristicos de ambientes humedos y poco comunes en areas de rodales, fueron encontradas en el rodal de Huajlasana en epocas de lluvias.
granulosus sensu stricto (s.s.) (genotypes G1-G3), Echinococcus equinus (G4), Echinococcus ortleppi (G5), Elodea canadensis (G6, G7, G8, and G10), and Echinococcus felidis (3).
Submerged vegetation, like pondweed and elodea, helps remove excess nutrients, resulting in clearer water.
For Elodea canadensis, underground parts have been estimated at 2.6% of the total plant biomass, whereas underground parts were ~50% of the biomass of Littoiella uniflora and Potamogeton lucens (Westlake, 1966; Ozimek et al., 1976).
Hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle (Hydrocharitaceae), also commonly known as water thyme or Florida elodea, is an extremely successful macrophyte that has invaded several continents worldwide and is considered a nuisance species (Evans & Wilkie 2010).
Ong et al., "The effect of Elodea densa on aquaculture water quality," Aquaculture, vol.
Gellan gum is an exocellular polysaccharide secreted from the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea and consists of repeating tetrasaccharide of glucuronic acid, rhamnose, and glucose [26, 27].