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POND SCUM

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• POND SCUM (noun)
The noun POND SCUM has 1 sense:

1. free-floating freshwater green algae

Familiarity information: POND SCUM used as a noun is very rare.

• POND SCUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Free-floating freshwater green algae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pond scum" is a kind of...):

chlorophyte; green algae (algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water)

Holonyms ("pond scum" is a member of...):

family Zygnemataceae; Zygnemataceae (pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses)

"Nothing succeeds like success."
(English proverb)
"All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them."
(Native American proverb, Arapaho)
"Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it."
(Arabic proverb)
"The innkeeper trusts his guests like he is himself"
(Dutch proverb)

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