hornwort

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Definition of hornwort

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noun

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.

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noun

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
Vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum spp.).

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

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