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myriophyllum (dict)
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MyriophyllumMyriophyllum aquaticum
Myriophyllum spicatum Myriophyllum is a genus of freshwater aquatic plants, also called the watermilfoils. Its name comes from Greek, "myri" meaning "too many to count", and "phyll", meaning "leaf". These submersed aquatic plants have whorled leaves that are finely, pinnately divided. The leaves above the water are stiffer and smaller than the submerged leaves on the same plant. The flowers are small with four petals and are borne in the leaf axils or in a terminal, emergent spike. Waterfowl eat the fruits and leaves and muskrats eat the entire plant.
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