HyperDic: hornwort

English > 2 senses of the word hornwort:
NOUNplanthornwortany aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum
planthornwortliverworts with slender hornlike capsules
English > hornwort: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams.
Member ofCeratophyllum, genus Ceratophyllumconstituting the family Ceratophyllaceae
Broaderaquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plantA plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus / lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
English > hornwort: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningliverworts with slender hornlike capsules.
Member ofAnthocerotales, order Anthocerotaleshornworts
Broaderliverwort, hepaticAny of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
Spanishanthocerotophyta
Catalanantocerota

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