English > Bryophyta: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | division Bryophyta |
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| Member of | Plantae, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom | (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants |
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| Members | Anthoceropsida, class Anthoceropsida | hornworts |
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| Bryopsida, class Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci | true mosses |
| Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, class Hepaticae | liverworts |
| bryophyte, nonvascular plant | Any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta |
| moss family | A family of mosses |
| moss genus | A genus of mosses |
| Broader | division | (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum |
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| Spanish | briófitos |
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| Catalan | briòfits |
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| Adjectives | bryophytic | relating to plants of the division Bryophyta |
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