pilularia globulifera

2 definitions found

pilularia globulifera - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Peppergrass \Pep"per*grass`\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially
         the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium   sativum
         ; -- called also pepperwort. All the species
         have a pungent flavor.
     (b) The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera).
         See Pillwort.
         [1913 Webster]

pilularia globulifera - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Pilularia globulifera
      n 1: European water fern found around margins of bodies of water
           or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps [syn:
           pillwort, Pilularia globulifera]