hornwort
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Etymology
From horn + wort (“plant”), from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaped structures.
Noun
hornwort (plural hornworts)
- A bryophyte, of phylum Anthocerotophyta, with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.
- An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum
- Synonym: coontail
- Vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum spp.).
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Translations
Bryophyte
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Aquatic flowering plant
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