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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: bryophyte, embryophyte, plant, organism
noun
An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: coontail
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noun
Vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum spp.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
liverworts with slender hornlike capsules
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: liverwort, hepatic
noun
any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
History
From horn + wort (“plant”), from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaped structures.
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