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spearwort
[ speer-wurt, -wawrt ]
noun
- any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
spearwort
/ ˈspɪəˌwɜːt /
noun
- any of several Eurasian ranunculaceous plants of the genus Ranunculus, such as R. flammula ( lesser spearwort ) and R. lingua ( great spearwort ), which grow in wet places and have long narrow leaves and yellow flowers See also buttercup
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Others, such as the greater spearwort (Ranunculus lingua), have long tongue-shaped leaves.
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