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Meaning of PILLWORT

Pronunciation:  'pilwurt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps
 
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 Synonyms: Pilularia globulifera
 
 See Also: aquatic fern, genus Pilularia, Pilularia, water fern

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pill"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus {Pilularia}; minute aquatic
cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes
called {peppergrass}.
 

 

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