"hornwort" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hornworts [plural]
Etymology: From horn + wort (“plant”), from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaped structures. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|horn|wort|t2=plant}} horn + wort (“plant”) Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-hornwort-en-noun-0XikkZaT
  2. An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum Categories (lifeform): Spore plants Translations (Aquatic flowering plant): rogatek sztywny [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hornwort-en-noun-CezCTUFu Disambiguation of Spore plants: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of 'Aquatic flowering plant': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Bryophyte): hlevík [masculine] (Czech), sarvisammal (Finnish), Hornmoos [neuter] (German), роговница (rogovnica) [feminine] (Macedonian)
Disambiguation of 'Bryophyte': 52 48

Inflected forms

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