lizard's-tail

Definitions of lizard's-tail
  1. noun
    North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers
    synonyms: Saururus cernuus, swamp lily, water dragon
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    type of:
    bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant
    a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
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