Pilularia : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

Pilularia
n 1: pillworts [syn: {Pilularia}, {genus Pilularia}]

English Dictionary: Pilularia	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pilularia globulifera n European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps Synonym(s): pillwort, Pilularia globulifera
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palolo \Pa*lo"lo\, n., [or] Palolo worm \Palolo worm\ . [From native name.] A polystome worm ({Palolo viridis}) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific Islands. A little before the last quarter of the moon in October and November, they swarm in vast numbers at the surface of the sea for breeding, and are gathered and highly esteemed as food by the natives. An allied species inhabits the tropical Atlantic and swarms in June or July.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pilular \Pil"u*lar\, a. Of or pertaining to pills; resembling a pill or pills; as, a pilular mass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peppergrass \Pep"pergrass`\, 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}.