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)
- A bryophyte with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.
Derived terms
prickly hornwort