Added 8 October 2026
bryophyta
noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about bryophyta at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- 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).