Definition of bryophyte Bryophyte
bry•o•phyte
We found 5 definitions of bryophyte from 5 different sources.
Advertising
What does bryophyte mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: bryophytes |
||
| bryophyte - any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta | ||
| nonvascular plant | ||
| nonvascular organism organisms without vascular tissue: e.g. algae, lichens, fungi, mosses | ||
| bryophyta, division bryophyta 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) | ||
| moss tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary 
- bryophyte (Noun)
A member of the Bryophyta in the broadest sense. Any plant in which the gametophyte haploid stage of the lifecycle is the larger, persistent stage, and the sporophyte diploid stage is small and dependent upon the gametophyte. Bryophytes include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
-
bryophyte
Any plant of the division Bryophyta, having stems and leaves but lacking true vascular tissue and roots and reproducing by spores: includes the mosses and liverworts.
Wikipedia 
-
Bryophytes are simple plants, they are thought to be the simplest. There are three types of bryophyte. These are mosses, liverworts and hornworts. It is thought that green algae became mosses by evolving. Then other plants evolved from bryophytes.
A person who studies bryophytes is called a bryologist. The study of bryophytes is named bryology.
Part of speech
🔤- bryophyte, noun, singular of bryophytes.
Pronunciation
Sign Language
Advertising
Advertising