hornwort

noun

horn·wort ˈhȯrn-ˌwərt

-ˌwȯrt

: any of a genus (Ceratophyllum of the family Ceratophyllaceae) of rootless thin-stemmed aquatic monoecious herbs with female flowers having a single carpel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Anthocerotae Anthocerotae, also known as hornworts, are the third type of bryophyte. —

Kevin Espiritu For Partselect.com, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2017 Oishi said humid cities where moss thrives could benefit most from using bryophytes – a collective term for mosses, hornworts and liverworts – as bioindicators, adding moss could be monitored in its natural environment or cultivated for analysis. —

Sophie Hares, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2017

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