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Noun: quillwort
  1. Any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesia
    "Quillworts are often found submerged in lakes and ponds"

Derived forms: quillworts

Type of: fern ally

Part of: genus Isoetes, Isoetes

Encyclopedia: Quillwort