Definition of Quillwort. Meaning of Quillwort. Synonyms of Quillwort

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Definition of Quillwort

Quillwort
Quillwort Quill"wort`, n. (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising from a corm, and containing spores in their enlarged and excavated bases. There are about seventeen American species, usually growing in the mud under still, shallow water. So called from the shape of the shape of the leaves.

Meaning of Quillwort from wikipedia

- Isoetes, commonly known as the quillworts, is a genus of lycopod. It is the only living genus in the family Isoetaceae and order Isoetales. There are currently...
- louisianensis, the Louisiana quillwort, is a small, gr****-like aquatic plant of the family Isoetaceae. It is "one of the rarest quillworts in North America." It...
- Isoetes lacustris, the lake quillwort or Merlin's gr****, is a boreal quillwort native on both sides of the northern Atlantic Ocean. Synonyms include Isoetes...
- belonging to the quillworts in the family Isoetaceae. Its common names include: black-footed quillwort, midland quillwort, and prairie quillwort. Isoetes melanopoda...
- Appalachian quillwort is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Isoetes appalachiana, native to the eastern United States Isoetes engelmannii...
- Isoetes echinospora, also known as spiny quillwort, spiny-spored quillwort or spring quillwort is a species of quillwort in the Isoetaceae family, and is the...
- Isoetes howellii, or Howell's quillwort, is a species of quillwort, a type of lycophyte. It is an aquatic plant native to North America. Isotes howelii...
- Isoetes valida, commonly known as the strong quillwort or true quillwort, is an aquatic lycophyte native to eastern North America. It is found primarily...
- Isoetes histrix, the land quillwort, is an aquatic pteridophyte native to the Mediterranean region, northwestern Africa, and the coasts of western Europe...
- Isoetes acadiensis, the Acadian quillwort is a species of quillwort in the Isoetaceae family described by Kott in 1981. It can be found along the s****s...