Bryophyta meaning

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Bryophyta (noun): 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).

Definition of Bryophyta

  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)

    Synonyms: division Bryophyta

    Type of: division

    Related forms: bryophytic

Word lists: words starting with BR · words ending in TA · 9-letter words

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