HyperDic: division_bryophyta

English > 1 sense of the expression division Bryophyta:
NOUNplantdivision Bryophyta, Bryophytaa 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
English > division Bryophyta: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA 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).
SynonymBryophyta
Member ofPlantae, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom(botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
MembersAnthoceropsida, class Anthoceropsidahornworts
Bryopsida, class Bryopsida, Musci, class Muscitrue mosses
Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, class Hepaticaeliverworts
bryophyte, nonvascular plantAny of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta
moss familyA family of mosses
moss genusA genus of mosses
Broaderdivision(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
Spanishbriófitos
Catalanbriòfits

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