division bryophyta
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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 forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida) (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | division, |
| definition | : | (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | moss family, |
| definition | : | a family of mosses (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | moss genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of mosses (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | bryopsida, class bryopsida, class musci, musci, |
| definition | : | true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | bryophytic, |
| definition | : | relating to plants of the division Bryophyta (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | bryophytic, |
| definition | : | relating to plants of the division Bryophyta (adj.pert) |
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