Definition of Marsilea quadrifolia

1. Noun. Water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves.

Exact synonyms: Water Clover
Group relationships: Genus Marsilea, Marsilea
Generic synonyms: Clover Fern, Pepperwort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marsilea Quadrifolia

Marshall's oblique vein
Marshall's vestigial fold
Marshall-Marchetti test
Marshall Islander
Marshall Islands
Marshall McLuhan
Marshall Plan
Marshall syndrome
Marshall test
Marshallagia marshalli
Marshallese
Marshals
Marsilea
Marsilea drummondii
Marsilea quadrifolia (current term)
Marsileaceae
Marsquake
Marstan
Marston Moor
Marstonian
Marta Brigit Nilsson
Martegiani
Martegiani's area
Martegiani's funnel
Martello
Martello tower
Martello towers
Martellos
Martes

Literary usage of Marsilea quadrifolia

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"Sporocarps glabrous and purple when mature. 1. M. quadrifolia. 1. Marsilea quadrifolia L. European Marsilea. (Fig. 73.) Marsilea quadrifolia L. Sp. Pl. ..."

2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1864)
"... shall have been published, we shall probably hear no more of the extreme variation to which a single aquatic plant like Marsilea quadrifolia is subject. ..."

3. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1903)
"Marsilea included Salvinia natans and Marsilea quadrifolia, now recognized as types of two different families of the ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"... laid before the Meeting at Freiberg his observations on the germination of the spores of Marsilea quadrifolia. The fruit of Marsilea he considers as a ..."

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