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Webster 1913 Edition
Hornwort
Horn′wortˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
An aquatic plant (
Ceratophyllum
), with finely divided leaves. Definition 2024
hornwort
hornwort
English
A hornwort
Noun
hornwort (plural hornworts)
- A bryophyte with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.