noun
- a submerged aquatic plant with whorled branches that often becomes encrusted with lime, found in freshwater lakes and ponds
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The clear lake bottom was covered with stonewort and other aquatic vegetation.
- Stonewort provides important habitat for small fish and invertebrates.
- The botanist identified several species of stonewort in the pond.
- Stonewort can help improve water quality by absorbing excess nutrients.
- The lime-encrusted stonewort felt rough to the touch underwater.
- Dense beds of stonewort grew in the shallow areas of the lake.