bryophyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.

/ˈbɹʌɪ̯.əˌfʌɪt/ /ˈbɹaɪ̯.əˌfaɪt/

bryophyte bryophytes

Borrowed from translingual Bryophyta, from Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) ( + -phyte).

Anthocerotophyta cryptogam embryophyte Marchantiophyta pteridophyte spermatophyte

bryophytic

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