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nipplewort
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nip·ple·wort  (npl-wûrt, -wôrt)
n.
A European annual plant (Lapsana communis) naturalized in eastern North America, having a milky juice and small yellow flower heads.
[From its former use in folk medicine to treat breast tumors.]
nipplewort [ˈnɪpəlˌwɜːt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an annual Eurasian plant, Lapsana communis, with pointed oval leaves and small yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
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Fallopia convolvolus, Solanum dulcamara, Lapsana communis, Chenopodium album, Thlaspi arvense, and Prunella vulgaris were found, although in quite low numbers, in eight samples collected at water depths less than 2 m and approximately 10 m from the lake shore.
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