hornwort

n. 角苔

词形变化

hornworts 复数 hornworts

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

  2. 2.

    An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum

  3. 3.

    Vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum spp.).

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

hepatic hydrophyte liverwort waterplant

相关短语

prickly hornwort

词源

From horn + wort (“plant”), from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaped structures.

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