spearwort: Meaning and Definition of

spear•wort

Pronunciation: (spēr'wûrt", -wôrt"), [key]
— n.
  1. any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
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