Definition of American featherfoil

1. Noun. A featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers.

Exact synonyms: Hottonia Inflata, Water Gillyflower
Generic synonyms: Feather-foil, Featherfoil

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Featherfoil

American cress
American crow
American dewberry
American dog tick
American dog violet
American dogwood
American dun-bar
American dun-bars
American dwarf birch
American eagle
American eagles
American egret
American elder
American elk
American elm
American featherfoil (current term)
American feverfew
American flag
American flagfish
American fly honeysuckle
American flying squirrel
American football
American football game
American foxhound
American frogbit
American gallinule
American gentian
American germander
American ginseng
American golden plover

Literary usage of American featherfoil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"... Ell. American featherfoil Herbaceous perennial, floating-leaf aquatic Ponds and ditches. Believed to be extirpated, last collected in 1931. ..."

2. Bulletin by State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut (1910)
"American featherfoil. Ditches and shallow water. Rare or local near the coast; not reported far inland. June. SAMOLUS L. Water Pimpernel. Brook-weed. ..."

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