Bryophyta
WordNet
noun
(1) A division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida)
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Etymology
First coined 1878, from Latin bryum "moss" < Ancient Greek < + -phyta .
Proper noun
Bryophyta
- A botanical name at the rank of division or phylum including all the bryophytes (the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts).
See also
- Andreaeobryopsida
- Andreaeopsida
- Bryopsida
- Polytrichopsida
- Sphagnopsida
- Takakiopsida