hornwort

A hornwort

Meaning

Noun

A bryophyte with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.

Origin

From horn + wort, from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaped structures.

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