pipewort

Noun

pipe=wort

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pipewort(n = noun.plant) eriocaulon aquaticum - aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers;

is a member of eriocaulon, genus eriocaulon

is a kind of aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

pipewort, n.

Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves. [1913 Webster]