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Look up: hornwort

  1. Hornwort
    (Ceratophyllum) These aquatic perennials are commonly known as Coontails or Hornworts. They are found in ponds and lakes in many parts of the world, including North America. Coontails are often found floating freely or loosely anchored in the mud. The plant consists of long stems, 1 or 2 feet in len...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/ceratophyllum.html

  2. hornwort
    [n] - any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum 2. [n] - liverworts with slender hornlike 2-valved capsules
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Hornwort
    Horn'wort` noun (Botany) An aquatic plant ( Ceratophyllum ), with finely divided leaves.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/62

  4. hornwort
    <botany> An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. Hornwort
    • (n.) An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. hornwort
    (from the article `Nymphaeales`) The Ceratophyllaceae, consisting of the genus Ceratophyllum, differs from other families in the Nymphaeales in that the plants` ferny leaves are ... ...extrude between the young pollen grains, providing a more efficient way of nourishing them. This type of tapetum has been found in the Lauraceae ... [...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/70

  7. hornwort
    any member of four to six genera of creeping annual or perennial plants of the class Anthocerotopsida. In some classification systems, hornworts have ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/70

  8. hornwort
    Nonvascular plant (with no `veins` to carry water and food), related to the liverworts and mosses. Hornworts are found in warm climates, growing on moist shaded soil. (Class Anthocerotae, order Bryophyta.) The name is also given to a group of aquatic flowering plants which are found in slow-moving water. They have whorls of finely div...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  9. Hornwort
    :This article is about the non-vascular plants. The name Hornwort also refers to aquatic plants of the genus Ceratophyllum, in the family Ceratophyllaceae. `Hornworts` are a group of bryophytes, or non-vascular plants, comprising the division `Anthocerotophyta`. The common name refers ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornwort



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