HyperDic: awlwort

English > 1 sense of the word awlwort:
NOUNplantawlwort, Subularia aquaticasmall aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers
English > awlwort: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal.
SynonymSubularia aquatica
Member ofSubularia, genus Subulariasmall genus of herbs of north temperate regions and mountains of tropical Africa
Broaderaquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plantA plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus / lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
Spanishawlwort
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