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POTAMOGETON
(
La
)
Pondweed(
Le
)
Family:
POTAMOGETONACEAE
potomos, = a river;
geiton, = a neighbour.
(favoured habitat)
potamogeton, potamogiton, = (a neighbour of the river), a water plant, water-milfoil, pondweed.
(
LS
,
Le
,
ld
)
Potamogeton pusillus
(
La
)
Fonteingras, Narrow-leaved Pondweed (
PS
)
Location: (
P
)
puer, pusus, = a boy, a little boy;
-illus, = diminutive.
pusillus, = very little, very small, petty, insignificant; a trifle.
(
ld
,
BL
)