Definition of Lesser spearwort

1. Noun. Semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand.

Exact synonyms: Ranunculus Flammula
Group relationships: Genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus
Generic synonyms: Bog Plant, Marsh Plant, Swamp Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lesser Spearwort

lesser panda
lesser pandas
lesser pelvis
lesser peritoneal cavity
lesser peritoneal sac
lesser petrosal nerve
lesser prairie chicken
lesser rhomboid muscle
lesser ring of iris
lesser rorqual
lesser saphenous vein
lesser saphenous veins
lesser scaup
lesser scaup duck
lesser sciatic notch
lesser spearwort (current term)
lesser splanchnic nerve
lesser spotted woodpecker
lesser spotted woodpeckers
lesser superficial petrosal nerve
lesser supraclavicular fossa
lesser trochanter
lesser tubercle of humerus
lesser tuberosity of humerus
lesser twayblade
lesser tympanic spine
lesser whitethroat
lesser wing of sphenoid bone
lesser wintergreen

Literary usage of Lesser spearwort

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1884)
"... the cut leaves of the goldilocks in its upper portion, and to the foliage of the meadow buttercup and the creeping buttercup. In the lesser spearwort, ..."

2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"The great spearwort is a swampy buttercup, whose ancestral leaf has been lengthened out into a long ribbon, with almost parallel ribs ; the lesser spearwort ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1901)
"... L. lesser spearwort. Divisions all. Common throughout the country. Ranunculus sections Marshall. (Л. petiolaris Marshall. ..."

4. The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery by John Richard de Capel Wise (1895)
"RANUNCULUS FLAMMULA Lin., lesser spearwort, 15. RANUNCULUS LINGUA, Lin., Greater Spearwort. Used to be very common on Ashley Common (now enclosed), ..."

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