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pillwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pill-wort
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

From pill + wort.

Inflected Forms

pillworts (plural)

Phrases

American pillwort austral pillwort Dragon Mountain pillwort European pillwort least pillwort

Synonyms

peppergrass pilularia globulifera

Questions

What does pillwort mean?
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.
Where does pillwort come from?
From pill + wort.

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