Meaning of Bryophyta in English
Noun
BryophytaEtymology
modern Latin (plural), from Greek bruon‘moss’ + phuta‘plants’Definitions
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 formsExamples
- « comprises true mosses (Bryops »