Hornwort

Definitions of hornwort

noun
any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams

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aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
noun
liverworts with slender hornlike capsules

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type of:
hepatic, liverwort
any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses

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