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Water-Thyme

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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Known botanically as Elodea canadensis, a small submerged water-weed, native of North America. It was introduced into Co. Down, Ireland, about 1836, and appeared in England in 1841, spreading through the country in ponds, ditches' and streams, which were often choked with its rank growth. Elodea is a member of the monocotyledonous natural order Hydrocharideae.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Water-Thyme'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​w/water-thyme.html. 1910.
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