hornwort

English
A hornwort

Etymology

From horn +‎ wort (“plant”), from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaped structures.

Noun

hornwort (plural hornworts)

  1. A bryophyte with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.
  2. An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum

Derived terms

prickly hornwort

Translations
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