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Anthoceros

noun

hornworts

• Syn: ↑genus Anthoceros

• Hypernyms: ↑moss genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anthocerotaceae, ↑family Anthocerotaceae

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\\anˈthäsərəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from anth- (I) + -ceros (from Greek keras horn) — more at horn

: a genus of liverworts (family Anthocerotaceae) having slender hornlike or awllike 2-valved capsules, the thallus more than one cell thick, and the involucre covering only the base of the sporangium

Useful english dictionary. 2012.