Home › Words › P › pearlwortpearlwortpearlwort means any of several flowering plants that have flowers the shape and size of small pearls.EtymologyFrom pearl + wort.nounAny of several flowering plants that have flowers the shape and size of small pearlsin genus Sagina,in genus ColobanthusDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pillwort 66% match — Any plant of the genus Pilularia of small aquatic ferns. The sporangia are borne in spherical sporocarps ("pills") which form in the axils of leaves. vs pearlwort →pennywort 63% match — Any of several not closely related plants around the world, generally with round leaves of about the shape and size of a penny.; Any of species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae). vs pearlwort →brookweed 59% match — A small white-flowered herb (Samolus valerandi) usually found in wet places; the water pimpernel. vs pearlwort →waywort 59% match — pimpernel or any similar wayside plant vs pearlwort →ribbonweed 59% match — Any of various marine and freshwater flowering plants:; Species of Posidonia vs pearlwort →pondweed 59% match — Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:; Potamogeton, a diverse and worldwide genus vs pearlwort →caperwort 59% match — Any plant of the family Capparaceae vs pearlwort →bellwort 58% match — Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Uvularia, that have yellow, bell-shaped flowers. vs pearlwort →