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quillwort

Syllabification: (quill·wort)
Definition of quillwort

noun

  • a plant related to the club mosses, having a dense rosette of long slender leaves, the bases of which contain the spore-producing organs, and occurring typically as a submerged aquatic.
    • Genus Isoetes, family Isoetaceae, class Lycopsida

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