GREATER SPEARWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greater spearwort mean? 

• GREATER SPEARWORT (noun)
  The noun GREATER SPEARWORT has 1 sense:

1. semiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears

  Familiarity information: GREATER SPEARWORT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREATER SPEARWORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Semiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

greater spearwort; Ranunculus lingua

Hypernyms ("greater spearwort" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("greater spearwort" is a member of...):

genus Ranunculus; Ranunculus (annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot)