hornwort

== English == === Etymology === From horn +‎ wort (“plant”), from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaped structures. === Noun === hornwort (plural 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. Hypernyms: bryophyte < embryophyte < plant < organism Coordinate terms: (fellow bryophytes) setaphyte, liverwort, moss An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum Synonym: coontail Vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum spp.). ==== Derived terms ==== prickly hornwort ==== Translations ====