different between hornwort vs bryophytic

English

From horn +? wort (“plant”), from the fact that the spores are produced in slender horn-shaped structures.

hornwort (plural hornworts)

A bryophyte with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.

bryophyte +? -ic

bryophytic (comparative more bryophytic, superlative most bryophytic)

Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.

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