pillwort
NounSynonyms:
Pilularia globulifera
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarpsSynonyms: Pilularia globulifera
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Pillwort \Pill"wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass. [1913 Webster]