pillwort
noun
Definition of pillwort
: a water fern of the genus Pilularia; especially : a widely but locally distributed European plant (P. globulifera) occurring chiefly about the margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil
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Origin and Etymology of pillwort
4pill + wort; from its small globose sporocarps
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