different between pilewort vs pillwort

English

piles +? wort

pilewort (usually uncountable, plural pileworts)

Any of various unrelated plants traditionally supposed to be effective in treating piles (hemorrhoids), especially
1. Erechtites hieraciifolius, or fireweed, a plant in the aster family;
2. Ficaria verna (formerly Ranunculus ficaria), lesser celandine, a plant in the buttercup family.

Wikispecies

pill +? wort

pillwort (plural pillworts)

Any plant of the genus Pilularia, a minute aquatic fern with small pill-shaped sporangia.

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