pillwort, Pilularia globulifera
(noun) European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pillwort (plural pillworts)
Any plant of the genus Pilularia, a minute aquatic fern with small pill-shaped sporangia.
• peppergrass
Source: Wiktionary
Pill"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
