Bryophyta
n 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) [syn:
{Bryophyta}, {division Bryophyta}]
Bryophyta \Bry*oph"y*ta\, n. pl.
See {Cryptogamia}.
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