Awlwort

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The popular name of the Subularia aquatica: so called from its awlshaped leaves (Latin subula, an awl).
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  • noun. A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves.
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  • noun. A plant, Subularia aquatica, with awl-shaped leaves.
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  • noun. small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal
    • Word Usage
    "Quite common are northern bur-reed Sparganium hyperboreum, small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus ssp. groenlandicus, dwarf water-crowfoot Ranunculus confervoides and occasionally awlwort Subularia aquatica, which only blooms if the pond is totally desiccated (where the mudworm Limosella aquatica also thrives)."
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aquatic plant  hydrophyte  hydrophytic plant  water plant  
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