- hornwort
- adj. grew horns, horned, betrayed by one's partner, cheated on by one's husband or wife n. plant that grows in ponds and rivers from the Ceratophyllum family
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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hornwort — [hôrn′wʉrt΄] n. [after ModL Ceratophyllum: see CERATO & PHYLL] any of a genus (Ceratophyllum) of long, rootless waterlilies of the hornwort family submerged in lakes and slow moving streams and having whorls of finely divided leaves adj.… … English World dictionary
Hornwort — Horn wort , n. (Bot.) An aquatic plant ({Ceratophyllum}), with finely divided leaves. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hornwort — This is an article about the non vascular plants. The name Hornwort is also often applied to an aquatic plant Ceratophyllum demersum in the family Ceratophyllaceae Taxobox fossil range = fossil range|90Upper Cretaceous (but see text) to recent… … Wikipedia
hornwort — paprastoji nertis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Nertinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Ceratophyllum demersum), paplitęs Europoje, Azijoje, Afrikoje ir Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Ceratophyllum demersum angl. common hornwort;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
hornwort — nertis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Nertinių (Ceratophyllaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Ceratophyllum). atitikmenys: lot. Ceratophyllum angl. coontail; hornwort; morassweed vok. Hornblatt; Hornkraut; Igellock rus. роголистник lenk. rogatek … Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas
hornwort — noun Date: circa 1805 any of a genus (Ceratophyllum of the family Ceratophyllaceae) of rootless thin stemmed aquatic monoecious herbs with female flowers having a single carpel … New Collegiate Dictionary
hornwort — /hawrn werrt , wawrt /, n. any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum, found in ponds and slow streams. [1795 1805; HORN + WORT2] * * * Any member of four to six genera of creeping annual or perennial plants of the class Anthocerotopsida.… … Universalium
hornwort — noun A bryophyte with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn … Wiktionary
hornwort — noun a submerged aquatic plant with narrow forked leaves that become translucent and horny as they age. [Cratophyllum demersum and related species.] … English new terms dictionary
hornwort — horn•wort [[t]ˈhɔrnˌwɜrt, ˌwɔrt[/t]] n. pln any of several rootless aquatic herbs of the genus Ceratophyllum, having finely dissected, whorled leaves … From formal English to slang
