pipewort

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A water plant that grows at pond edges with green leaves and small white flowers

noun
/ˈpaɪpˌwɜrt/

: planta pipewort

The shallow pond was covered in patches of pipewort along the edges.

Examples

Researchers studied how pipewort populations have declined due to water pollution.
In summer, the delicate flowers of pipewort brighten the boggy meadows.
The pipewort grows abundantly in wetlands.
Have you seen the pipeworts blooming this season?
The pond was filled with various plants, including pipewort, which added beauty to the water's edge.
In the wetlands, the delicate white flowers of the pipewort bloomed during the summer months.
Birds often flock to the area near the pipewort, attracted by the insects that thrive around this aquatic plant.

Synonyms

Eriocaulon aquaticum

vspipewort

Specialized

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A small water plant with thin green leaves in a spiral and dense buttonlike heads of tiny white flowers

is the common name used instead of the scientific form

Compounds

pipewort family

Specialized

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A group of plants that grow in water or wet places, often in the tropics

Surface Forms

pipewort singular

pipeworts plural

Morphology

pipewort = pipe + wort (opaque) = pipe + wort

While 'pipe' and 'wort' are clear components, their combination as a specific plant name is not intuitive or derivable from the components alone.

Etymology

The word pipewort comes from two parts, pipe and wort, and wort means 'plant'. The pipe part probably points to its thin, tube-like stems, so thinking of a 'plant with pipe-like parts' that grows in wet places helps you remember this aquatic plant.