Associations to the word «Hornwort»

Wiktionary

HORNWORT, noun. A bryophyte with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.

Dictionary definition

HORNWORT, noun. Any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams.
HORNWORT, noun. Liverworts with slender hornlike capsules.

Wise words

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