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Meaning of "pillwort" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PILLWORT

From pill1 + wort.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PILLWORT

ˈpɪlˌwɜːt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PILLWORT

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Pillwort is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PILLWORT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pilularia globulifera

Pilularia globulifera, or pillwort, is an unusual species of fern native to western Europe, where it grows at edges of lakes, ponds, ditches and marshes, on wet clay or clay-sand soil, sometimes in water up to 30 cm deep. It has a pea-shaped 4-chambered sporocarp, each chamber with sorus bearing both macrosporangia and microsporangia. Some of the plants growing in association with this species in the UK include water celery, marsh pennywort and lesser spearwort. This is an internationally threatened species included in the European Red Data Book. It is listed on Schedule 8 of the Wildlife Order 1985, but it has not been seen since 1970 and may now be extinct in the province. It is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in the rest of the UK, where it is now classified as Vulnerable. Pillwort can be grown in a "bog garden" or as a marginal aquatic in a garden pond.

Definition of pillwort in the English dictionary

The definition of pillwort in the dictionary is a small Eurasian water fern, Pilularia globulifera, with globular spore-producing bodies and grasslike leaves.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PILLWORT

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PILLWORT

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PILLWORT

birthwort · bladderwort · butterwort · dropwort · hornwort · milkwort · ribwort · rupturewort · saltwort · sandwort · setterwort · soapwort · spearwort · spleenwort · starwort · stitchwort · sulphurwort · thoroughwort · wort · woundwort

Synonyms and antonyms of pillwort in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pillwort» into 25 languages

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILLWORT»

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New Flora of the British Isles
Pillwort. family. Rhizomes long, thin, hairy, not scaly; leaves borne singly but often close together, spirally coiled when young, of 2 sorts (sterile and fertile), the sterile ones filiform (? petioles only represented), the fertile ones small, globose,  ...
Clive Stace, 2010
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Filicineae, Gymnospermae and Other Monocots Excluding ...
2. Pilularia. L.—Pillwort. Aquatic perennials; leaves elongated, grasslike; sporangia in hard cases attached to the tip of the stalk, globose, pubescent. The species of this aquatic fern genus have leaves that resemble those of grasses. There are ...
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, 2006
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BIOS Instant Notes in Plant Biology
Pillwort, Pilularia. (a) Whole plant; (b) cross-section through sorus. 1 mm Leaf Rhizome in the British hartstongue and the tropical birdsnest fern (both Asplenium) and some tropical climbing ferns have branched leaves of indeterminate growth.
Andrew Lack, David Evans, 2001
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Field Flora of the British Isles
MARSILEACEAE - Pillwort family Rhizomes long, thin, pubescent, not scaly; Pilularia could be mistaken only for an angiosperm, but the spirally coiled filiform young leaves and globose spore-bearing leaves distinguish it. 1. PILULARIA L ...
Clive A. Stace, 1999
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CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes: Common Names, ...
Species/Vernacular Names: P. americana A. Braun English: pillwort P. globulifera L. English: pillwort /' novae- hollandiae A. Braun English: austral pillwort Pilostigma Costantin Asclepiadaceae Origins: Greek pilos "hat, wool, hair " and stigma ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999
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British Wildlife
Pillwort growing on the shores of a natural pond in the New Forest, Hampshire. Bob Gibbons Ecology of the Harlequin Ladybird a ra c o ai. species, with numerous mobile seeds that germinate and grow quickly, are most likely to secure an ...
‎2004
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Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia
... and wet soil by ponds. Range: Peculiarly distributed in a few central and western states. Found east of the Mississippi River only in Georgia. '-^0$. Azolla filiculoides Lam. Name: Lamarck named this species in 1783. 1/2. American. Pillwort.
Lloyd H. Snyder, Jr., James G. Bruce, 1986
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Botanical Journal of Scotland
factors, including pollution of the water bodies in which pillwort grows, lack of disturbance in its habitat, the modification of water bodies and the decline in beneficial land uses (Scott et al., 1999). A survey of extant populations for Plantlife has ...
‎2003
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Instant Notes in Plant Biology
Fig. 5. Pillwort, Pilularia. (a) Whole plant; (b) cross-section through sorus. Fig. 6. The floating fern Salvinia (side view). (Redrawn from Ingrouille M (1992). Diversity and Evolution of Land Plants. KluwerAcademic Publishers.) Fig. 7. Typical fern ...
Andrew Lack, David Evans, 2001
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Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southwestern United States
Pilularia L. Pillwort Six widely distributed species. 1. Pilularia americana A. Br. American pillwort. Fig. 7. Very small inconspicuous plants of muddy situations, with slender wide-creeping rhizomes bearing at the nodes one to several leaves,  ...
Donovan Stewart Correll, Helen B. Correll, 1975

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PILLWORT»

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Rùm hostel to close as community bunkhouse looks to first summer …
It features jagged mountains with a wide range of wildlife from white-tailed sea eagles to tiny, rare plants like the pillwort fern. Rùm is of ... «Grough, Apr 15»
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'Challenging year' reported at Catterick Garrison nature reserve
The internationally threatened species pillwort has been observed in the wetland pools. Six new species of fungi and many new invertebrate ... «Darlington and Stockton Times, Feb 15»
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Rare burrowing mud snail discovered at North Yorkshire nature …
Both the snail and the internationally threatened tiny bog-loving fern, Pillwort, are on Natural England's Priority List – and both are thriving ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 14»
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Invasive water plant ban: so what are the best pond plants?
Pillwort. Pilularia globulifera is a fascinating addition to a pond, grass-like to look at but actually an ancient fern that's now very rare. You can tell ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
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Efforts to save rare plant
Pillwort is a watery fern that thrives on disturbed pond edges and is internationally threatened, but there are hopes it could become well ... «Isle of Wight County Press, Mar 12»
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Water voles could return to ponds in Hampshire forest
The 10 ponds at Alice Holt Forest near Alton will also support toads, great crested newts, grass snakes and plants like pillwort. They are ... «BBC News, Jul 11»
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