Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Any plant of the genus Eriocaulon, or indeed of the order Eriocauleæ or (as formerly written) Eriocaulonaceæ.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.
WordNet 3.0
- n. aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers
Examples
“Rare plants that occur or that have occurred here include heart leaf plantain, estuary beggar ticks, golden club, ovate spikerush, Parker's pipewort, Nuttall's micranthemum, Eaton's burmarigold, false pimpernel, winged monkey flower and swamp lousewort.”
“Rare plants include a sedge, wooly lip-fern, Parker's pipewort, slender knotweed, spongy arrowhead, saltmarsh bulrush and pigmyweed.”
“There also I have found, in considerable quantities, curious balls, composed apparently of fine grass or roots, of pipewort perhaps, from half an inch to four inches in diameter, and perfectly spherical.”
“I have found, in considerable quantities, curious balls, composed apparently of fine grass or roots, of pipewort perhaps, from half an inch to four inches in diameter, and perfectly spherical.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘pipewort’.
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Piper
Words containing *pipe*.
bagpipe, bagpipes, bagpiper, bagpipers, blowpipe, blowpipes, downpipe, downpipes, drainpipe, drainpipes, epipelagic, epipelagic zone and 92 more...
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Worts and all
I have in mind the worts associated with a green thumb rather than a green beer - but as you can see by the name, I'll accept anything you have to offer.
butterwort, spiderwort, quillwort, woundwort, nipplewort, bellwort, liverwort, milkwort, water pennywort, navelwort, toothwort, wort and 128 more...
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