hornwort

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hornwort

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

noun hornworts

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.
An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum
Similar: coontail
Vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum spp.).

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noun Bryophyte

Español	antocerotófito
Português	antóceros
Deutsch	Hornmoos
Italiano	antocerote

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@misc{hornwort_2026,
  title = {hornwort},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hornwort},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}