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Definition of Genus Ceratophyllum

1. Noun. Constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ceratophyllum

Literary usage of Genus Ceratophyllum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"E, Hornworts, the Ceratophyllum Tribe, a small and obscure group of plante comprehending the single genus Ceratophyllum, probably a mere section of ..."

2. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1837)
"... embryo having in general two seed- leaves, or cotyledons: a character to which there are however some exceptions. The genus Ceratophyllum has several ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1837)
"... name from the embryo having in general two seed leaves, or cotyledons; a character to which there are however some exceptions. The genus Ceratophyllum ..."

4. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York by N.Y. Lyceum of Natural History (New York, New York Academy of Sciences (1848)
"THE fruit and seed of the genus Ceratophyllum, Linn, were first correctly described and figured by Gaertner,* so long ago as the year 1778 ; a fact worthy ..."

5. A Complete pronouncing medical dictionary: Embracing the Terminology of by Joseph Thomas (1885)
"A natural order of plants, one genus, Ceratophyllum, a weed i in ditches and constantly submerged. ..."

6. Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1875)
"... (Hornwort Family) consists of the single genus Ceratophyllum (growing in ponds and streams in many parts of the world) ; distinguished by the whorled ..."

7. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... includes the single genus Ceratophyllum with about three species ; it is well known that the members of this Order are submerged plants, ..."

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