Bot. [mod.Latin (Ruppius & Dillen.) f. Gr. καλλίτριχ-ος beautiful-haired.] A genus of small water-weeds inhabiting ponds and ditches; also called Water Star-wort.
1836. Penny Cycl., VI. 166/1. A few obscure floating species, all of which belong to the genus Callitriche.
1855. Kingsley, Glaucus (1878), 206.
1882. G. Allen, in Cornh. Mag., Jan., 34. Degraded blossoms like glasswort, callitriche, and pondweed.
