noun
Meaning 1
Any of several aquatic plants of the genus Eriocaulon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pipewort
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noun
Meaning 2
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Eriocaulon aquaticum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
History
Etymology
From pipe + wort.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 谷精草 (gǔjīngcǎo) — Eriocaulon spp.