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Noun: pipewort
  1. Aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers
    - Eriocaulon aquaticum

Derived forms: pipeworts

Type of: aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

Part of: Eriocaulon, genus Eriocaulon

Encyclopedia: Pipewort