hornwort

English

A hornwort

Etymology

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

Noun

hornwort (plural hornworts)

1. A bryophyte with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.
2. An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum

Derived terms

prickly hornwort

Translations

Bryophyte

• Czech: hlevík m
• Finnish: sarvisammal
• German: Hornmoos n
• Macedonian: роговница f (rogovnica)

Aquatic flowering plant

• Polish: rogatek sztywny m