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spearwort

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spear⋅wort

  [speer-wurt, -wawrt]
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–noun
any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME sperewort, OE sperewyrt. See spear 1 , wort 2
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spear·wort   (spîr'wûrt', -wôrt')   
n.  Any of several plants related to the buttercups, especially Ranunculus flammula, native to Eurasia, having lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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