Associations to the word «Bryophyta»

BRYOPHYTA, proper noun. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae   — the mosses.

BRYOPHYTA, proper noun. (botany) (obsolete) A botanical name at the rank of division or phylum including all the bryophytes (the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts).

BRYOPHYTA, noun. 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).