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Bryophyta

Definitions of Bryophyta
  1. 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)
    synonyms: division Bryophyta
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    (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
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