hornwort
Any of certain bryophytes, of phylum Anthocerotophyta, with a leafless thallus…Any of certain bryophytes, 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.
Meaning
3 sensesAny of certain bryophytes, 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.
Hornmoos
An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum
any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
Vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum spp.).
Translations
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Origin
From horn + wort (“plant”), from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaFrom horn + wort (“plant”), from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaped structures.
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