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noun
Any plant of the genus Pilularia of small aquatic ferns. The sporangia are borne in spherical sporocarps ("pills") which form in the axils of leaves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Pilularia globulifera
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Broader terms: aquatic fern, water fern
History
From pill + wort.
