2 definitions
for Bryophyta
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Bryophyta \Bry*oph"y*ta\, n. pl.
See Cryptogamia.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
Bryophyta
n : 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: division
Bryophyta]
