callitriche

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In botany, a small, widely distributed genus of slender, apetalous, monœcious, dicotyledonous aquatic herbs. Its affinities are obscure, and it is by some considered as constituting a distinct order Callitrichaceœ, by others referred to the Halorageœ or to the Euphorbiaceœ. The common species are known as water-starwort.
2. n. In zoology, a genus of bivalve mollusks. Originally

WordNet 3.0

1. n. water starworts