waterwort

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waterwort - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Waterwort \Wa"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     Any plant of the natural order Elatineae, consisting of two
     genera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs
     growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid
     taste.
     [1913 Webster]