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