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bryophyte
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bryophyte has 1 sense
- bryophyte(n = noun.plant) nonvascular plant - any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta; Array is a member of bryophyta, division bryophyta
has particulars: moss, hepatic, liverwort
is a kind of nonvascular organism
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bryophyte, n. any plant of the phylum Bryophyta, including mosses and liverworts.
Derivative
bryophytic adj.
Etymology
mod.L Bryophyta f. Gk bruon moss + phuton plant
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