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lesser spearwort

noun

semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand

• Syn: ↑Ranunculus flammula

• Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ranunculus, ↑genus Ranunculus

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noun

: either of two creeping species of Ranunculus:

a. : an English spearwort (R. flammula) — called also banewort

b. : a spearwort of the United States (R. pusillus)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.