Definition of Mudwort

1. n. A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosella aquatica).

Definition of Mudwort

1. Noun. (botany) ''Limosella aquatica'', a small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores. ¹

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Definition of Mudwort

1. a small mud-growing plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mudwort

1. A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosella aquatica). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mudwort

mudslides
mudslinger
mudslingers
mudslinging
mudslingings
mudspringer
mudstone
mudstones
mudsucker
mudsuckers
mudwall
mudwalled
mudwalls
mudwater
mudwort (current term)
mudworts
mudwrestle
mudwrestler
mudwrestlers
mudwrestling
mueddin
mueddins
muenster
muensters
muesli
mueslis
muezzin
muezzinlike
muezzins

Literary usage of Mudwort

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"mudwort. (Fig. 3283.) Limosella acuática t,. Sp. PI. 631. 1753. Leaves i'-s' long, ... Narrow-lea ved mudwort. (Fig. 3284. ..."

2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Plant rooting and creeping in the mud. Leaves about an inch long. Flowers bluish-white, minute, on peduncles a little longer than the leaves. Common mudwort ..."

3. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"... from Итог, mud, in allusion to the habitation of the species ; whence, also, the English name). . The common mudwort (L. ..."

4. A New Flora of the Neighbourhood of Reigate, Surrey: Containing the by James Alexander Brewer (1856)
"mudwort. N. 0. ... RINE^EL aquatica, L. Common mudwort. July, August. In several of the ditches on Walton Heath, and sides of a ditch on the Holmwood Common ..."

5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"mudwort. (Fig. 3283.) Limosella acuática t,. Sp. PI. 631. 1753. Leaves i'-s' long, ... Narrow-lea ved mudwort. (Fig. 3284. ..."

6. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Plant rooting and creeping in the mud. Leaves about an inch long. Flowers bluish-white, minute, on peduncles a little longer than the leaves. Common mudwort ..."

7. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"... from Итог, mud, in allusion to the habitation of the species ; whence, also, the English name). . The common mudwort (L. ..."

8. A New Flora of the Neighbourhood of Reigate, Surrey: Containing the by James Alexander Brewer (1856)
"mudwort. N. 0. ... RINE^EL aquatica, L. Common mudwort. July, August. In several of the ditches on Walton Heath, and sides of a ditch on the Holmwood Common ..."

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