pillwort
noun
: 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
Word History
Etymology
pill entry 4 + wort; from its small globose sporocarps
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