noun
- small nonvascular plants that form one of the three main groups of bryophytes, characterized by horn-shaped sporophytes
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Hornworts are found in moist, shaded environments around the world.
- The biology class studied mosses, liverworts, and hornworts as examples of bryophytes.
- Hornworts have a unique sporophyte that grows continuously from its base.
- Unlike other bryophytes, hornworts contain a single large chloroplast in each cell.
- The researcher collected samples of hornworts from the forest floor.
- Hornworts reproduce through spores released from their distinctive horn-shaped structures.