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spearwort

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spear·wort  (spîrwûrt, -wôrt)
n.
Any of several plants related to the buttercups, especially Ranunculus flammula, native to Eurasia, having lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.
spearwort [ˈspɪəˌwɜːt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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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A sheet of spearwort mixed with bird's-foot trefoil yellow-carpeted the foreground, vivid in the sunlight and against the sombre scene across the valley.
Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Emergent: Yellow Iris pseudacorus,Meadowsweet Fillipendula ulmaria,purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicria,Greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, water forget-me-not Mysootis scopidides.
Garden guru by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The wetland area consists of a pond and bog plants such as marsh marigold, creeping Jenny, greater spearwort, and many more.
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