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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any plant of the genus Pilularia of small aquatic ferns. The sporangia are borne in spherical sporocarps ("pills") which form in the axils of leaves.
2. 2
   European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

peppergrasspeppergrasspilularia globulifera

Etymology

From pill + wort.

Related phrases

American pillwortDragon Mountain pillwortEuropean pillwortaustral pillwortleast pillwort

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