'Bryophyta' definitions:
Definition of 'Bryophyta'
From: WordNet
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) [syn: Bryophyta, division Bryophyta]
Definition of 'Bryophyta'
From: GCIDE
- Bryophyta \Bry*oph"y*ta\, n. pl. See Cryptogamia. [1913 Webster]