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Answer for the clue "Chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils) ", 12 letters:
myriophyllum

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Milfoil \Mil"foil\, n. [F. mille-feuille, L. millefolium; mille thousand + folium leaf. See Foil a leaf.] (Bot.) A common composite herb ( Achillea Millefolium ) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow. Water milfoil (Bot.), an aquatic herb ...

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Myriophyllum ( watermilfoil ) is a genus of about 69 species of freshwater aquatic plants , with a cosmopolitan distribution . The center of diversity for Myriophyllum is Australia with 43 recognized species (37 endemic). Its name comes from Latinized Greek, ...