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'''Pilinehtar''' was a plant related to the rush.
'''''Pilinehtar''''' is the [[Elvish]] name of a plant.<ref>{{HM|PT}}, drawing no. 45 (the drawing first appeared in the ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979]]'')</ref>
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name derives from [[pilin]] "arrow" + [[ehtar]] "point"
It has been suggested that ''pilinehtar'' derives from [[Quenya]] ''[[pilin]]'' "arrow" + ''[[ehtar]]'' "spearman", features that describe "the shape of [the plant's] stems".<ref name=AI>{{HM|AI}}, p. 199 (note 34)</ref>
==References==
 
*[[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Christina Scull]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator]]'', p. 199, note 34
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Pilinehtar is the Elvish name of a plant.[1]

Etymology

It has been suggested that pilinehtar derives from Quenya pilin "arrow" + ehtar "spearman", features that describe "the shape of [the plant's] stems".[2]

References