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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PIPEWORT

PIPEWORT Pipe "wort `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon ) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pipewort

pipe wort |ˈpīpˌwərt, -ˌwôrt ˈpaɪpwərt | ▶noun an aquatic or marsh plant with leafless stems bearing heads of inconspicuous flowers, native to North America and parts of the United Kingdom. [Eriocaulon aquaticum, family Eriocaulaceae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

pipewort

pipe |wort ▶noun an aquatic or marsh plant with leafless stems bearing heads of inconspicuous flowers, native to western Ireland, the Hebrides, and North America. ●Eriocaulon aquaticum, family Eriocaulaceae.