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hornwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
horn-wort
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of certain bryophytes, 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.

noun

An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum

noun

Vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum spp.).

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

hornworts (plural)

Phrases

prickly hornwort

Frequently Paired Words

setaphyte liverwort moss

Synonyms

coontail

Questions

What does hornwort mean?
Any of certain bryophytes, 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.
Where does hornwort come from?
From horn + wort (“plant”), from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaped structures.

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