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Definition of Feather-foil
1. Noun. A plant of the genus Hottonia.
Group relationships: Genus Hottonia, Hottonia
Specialized synonyms: American Featherfoil, Hottonia Inflata, Water Gillyflower, Hottonia Palustris, Water Violet
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Plant, Hydrophyte, Hydrophytic Plant, Water Plant
Medical Definition of Feather-foil
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Feather-foil
Literary usage of Feather-foil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pharsalia of Lucan by Lucan (1853)
"2 In the feather-foil) ver. 437. The " formido," or " feather-foil," was a toil
or net used for catching deer, and covered with feathers of a red colour, ..."
2. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"... feather-foil shows, a marked influence on the separate states of Greece was
produced by their common festivals, the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian, ..."
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