quillwort

quill·wort

Q0032500 (kwĭl′wûrt′, -wôrt′)n. Any of several vascular, spore-bearing, aquatic or marsh plants of the genus Isoetes, having quill-like leaves.

quillwort

(ˈkwɪlˌwɜːt) n (Plants) any aquatic tracheophyte plant of the genus Isoetes, with quill-like leaves at the bases of which are spore-producing structures: family Isoetaceae, phylum Lycopodophyta (club mosses, etc)

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quillwort - any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesiafern ally - pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsidagenus Isoetes, Isoetes - type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales

quillwort

quillwort,

common name for several species of the plant genus Isoetes, which grow in ponds, slow streams, and swampy places. See LycopodiophytaLycopodiophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of the organisms commonly called club mosses and quillworts. As in other vascular plants, the sporophyte, or spore-producing phase, is the conspicuous generation, and the gametophyte, or gamete-producing phase, is minute.
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quillwort

[′kwil‚wȯrt] (botany) The common name for plants of the genus Isoetes.

quillwort

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noun any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills

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