PILLWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pillwort mean? 

• PILLWORT (noun)
  The noun PILLWORT has 1 sense:

1. European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps

  Familiarity information: PILLWORT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PILLWORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pillwort; Pilularia globulifera

Hypernyms ("pillwort" is a kind of...):

aquatic fern; water fern (ferns that grow in water)

Holonyms ("pillwort" is a member of...):

genus Pilularia; Pilularia (pillworts)