Anthoceros

noun

An·​thoc·​er·​os

anˈthäsərəs

: 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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from anth- entry 1 + -ceros (from Greek keras horn)

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