Words that rhyme with pilewort
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bladderwort
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 -
butterwort
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 -
figwort
n 1: any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia -
glasswort
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] -
hornwort
n 1: any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams 2: liverworts with slender hornlike capsules -
liverwort
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] -
milkwort
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Polygala -
ragwort
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] -
soapwort
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] -
spiderwort
n 1: any plant of the family Commelinaceae [syn: spiderwort, dayflower] -
ribwort
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] -
spleenwort
n 1: any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium -
starwort
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] -
stonewort
n 1: any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits -
toothwort
n 1: North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots [syn: crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle root, pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla] -
moneywort
n 1: a loosestrife vine [syn: moneywort, creeping Jenny, creeping Charlie, Lysimachia nummularia] -
pepperwort
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] -
setterwort
n 1: digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally [syn: stinking hellebore, bear's foot, setterwort, Helleborus foetidus] -
slipperwort
n 1: any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip [syn: calceolaria, slipperwort] -
sandwort
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 -
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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navelwort
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nipplewort
See also pilewort definition and pilewort synonyms
