'Bryopsida' definitions:
Definition of 'Bryopsida'
(from WordNet)
noun
True mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales [syn: Bryopsida, class Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci]
Definition of 'Bryopsida'
From: GCIDE
- Bryopsida \Bryopsida\ n. the class of plants comprising the true mosses, having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes; it comprises the orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; and Sphagnales.
- Syn: class Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci. [WordNet 1.5]