parrot's-feather

noun

variants or parrot feather

plural parrot's-feathers or parrot feathers

: water milfoil

especially : a New World plant (Myriophyllum brasiliense) that has trailing stems, feathery pinnately dissected leaves, and minute flowers borne in the leaf axils, and that is often cultivated as an aquarium plant

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