quillwort

IPA: kwˈɪɫwɝt

Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Isoetaceae, that resemble rushes and produce spores.

Examples of "quillwort" in Sentences

African yam and an ancient quillwort from a small rockpool in Namaqualand are among the 250 new plant species discovered internationally by botanists
Coastal plant life abounds: rock samphire, greater sea spurrey, rare ferns like the primitive quillwort, and multiple strange and beautiful lichens unseen on the continent.
Botanists are not yet quite certain about the seed-cases of this tree, but Mr. Carruthers believes that they grew inside the base of the leaves, as they do in the quillwort, a small plant which grows at the bottom of our mountain lakes.
Cape Town - An unusual metre-high South African yam and an ancient quillwort from a small rock pool in Namaqualand are among the 250 new plant species discovered internationally by botanists from the renowned Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew this year.