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bladderwort
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n 1: any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus
Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-
shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
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butterwort
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n 1: any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus
Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers
and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky
secretion to trap small insects
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figwort
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n 1: any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus
Scrophularia
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glasswort
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n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches
having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
[syn: saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali,
kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda]
2: fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary
scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly
used in making glass [syn: glasswort, samphire,
Salicornia europaea]
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hornwort
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n 1: any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms
submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
2: liverworts with slender hornlike capsules
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liverwort
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n 1: any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class
Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green
seaweeds or leafy mosses [syn: liverwort, hepatic]
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milkwort
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n 1: any of various plants of the genus Polygala
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ragwort
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n 1: widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers;
sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed
in quantity [syn: ragwort, tansy ragwort, ragweed,
benweed, Senecio jacobaea]
2: American ragwort with yellow flowers [syn: butterweed,
ragwort, Senecio glabellus]
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soapwort
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n 1: plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and
leaves yielding a detergent when bruised [syn: soapwort,
hedge pink, bouncing Bet, bouncing Bess, Saponaria
officinalis]
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spiderwort
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n 1: any plant of the family Commelinaceae [syn: spiderwort,
dayflower]
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pilewort
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n 1: perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere
having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling
buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice
to relieve piles [syn: lesser celandine, pilewort,
Ranunculus ficaria]
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ribwort
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n 1: an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely
established in temperate regions [syn: English plantain,
narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-
grass, buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata]
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spleenwort
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n 1: any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus
Asplenium
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starwort
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n 1: low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-
shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp
pains in the side [syn: stitchwort, greater stitchwort,
starwort, Stellaria holostea]
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stonewort
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n 1: any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara
having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually
encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits
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toothwort
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n 1: North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
[syn: crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle root,
pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria
diphylla]
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moneywort
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n 1: a loosestrife vine [syn: moneywort, creeping Jenny,
creeping Charlie, Lysimachia nummularia]
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pepperwort
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n 1: any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having
four leaflets [syn: clover fern, pepperwort]
2: annual herb used as salad green and garnish [syn: common
garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass,
pepperwort, Lepidium sativum]
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setterwort
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n 1: digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and
irritant qualities when taken internally [syn: stinking
hellebore, bear's foot, setterwort, Helleborus
foetidus]
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slipperwort
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n 1: any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers
with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip [syn:
calceolaria, slipperwort]
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sandwort
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n 1: loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with
tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of
central and southern Europe [syn: sandwort, Moehringia
mucosa]
2: low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled
flowers [syn: sandwort, Moehringia lateriflora]
3: low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white
flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens
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pennywort
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woundwort
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dropwort
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lousewort
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lungwort
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spearwort
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nipplewort
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