Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Isoetaceae, that resemble rushes and produce spores.

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More definitions
  • any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesia

Translations

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By meaning 1
any plant of the family Isoetaceae:

Origin

From quill + wort.

From quill + wort.

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Forms

plural: quillworts
Singularquillwort
Pluralquillworts

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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