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hornwort
[ hawrn-wurt, -wawrt ]
/ ˈhɔrnˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /
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noun
any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum, found in ponds and slow streams.
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How to use hornwort in a sentence
It is the Hornwort (Ceratophyllum) gently wriggling or moving from side to side.
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British Dictionary definitions for hornwort
hornwort
/ (ˈhɔːnˌwɜːt) /
noun
any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum, forming submerged branching masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams: family Ceratophyllaceae
any of a group of bryophytes belonging to the phylum Anthocerophyta, resembling liverworts but with hornlike sporophytes
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Scientific definitions for hornwort
hornwort
[ hôrn′wûrt′, -wôrt′ ]
Any of about 100 species of small bryophyte plants belonging to the phylum Anthocerophyta. Unlike liverworts but like mosses, hornwort sporophytes have stomata. The hornwort gametophyte consists of a low thallus, out of which numerous slender, upright sporophytes tipped with sporangia grow. The sporophyte has a meristem that elongates the sporophyte with new growth, a feature that distinguishes the plant from the other bryophytes. The name of the hornworts was suggested by the hornlike appearance of the sporophytes. See more at bryophyte.
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