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Definition of Lesser spearwort
1. Noun. Semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand.
Group relationships: Genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus
Generic synonyms: Bog Plant, Marsh Plant, Swamp Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lesser Spearwort
Literary usage of Lesser spearwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1884)
"... the cut leaves of the goldilocks in its upper portion, and to the foliage of
the meadow buttercup and the creeping buttercup. In the lesser spearwort, ..."
2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"The great spearwort is a swampy buttercup, whose ancestral leaf has been lengthened
out into a long ribbon, with almost parallel ribs ; the lesser spearwort ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1901)
"... L. lesser spearwort. Divisions all. Common throughout the country. Ranunculus
sections Marshall. (Л. petiolaris Marshall. ..."
4. The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery by John Richard de Capel Wise (1895)
"RANUNCULUS FLAMMULA Lin., lesser spearwort, 15. RANUNCULUS LINGUA, Lin., Greater
Spearwort. Used to be very common on Ashley Common (now enclosed), ..."
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