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Meaning of HORNWORT

Pronunciation:  'horn`wurt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  liverworts with slender hornlike 2-valved capsules
  2. [n]  any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
 
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 See Also: Anthocerotales, aquatic plant, Ceratophyllum, genus Ceratophyllum, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, liverwort, order Anthocerotales, water plant

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Horn"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
An aquatic plant ({Ceratophyllum}), with finely divided
leaves.
 

 

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