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Alligator Weed

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Noun

1. alligator grass, alligator weed, alternanthera philoxeroides

prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alligator Weed

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n.
An aquatic South American perennial plant (Alternanthera philoxeroides) having opposite, lance-shaped leaves and small whitish flowers. It is a weed that invades warm, freshwater habitats in the southeast United States, Australia, and elsewhere.

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