English noun: division Bryophyta |
1. | division Bryophyta (plant) 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) |
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| Synonyms | Bryophyta |
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| Broader (hypernym) | division |
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| Member holonym | Anthoceropsida, bryophyte, Bryopsida, class Anthoceropsida, class Bryopsida, class Hepaticae, class Hepaticopsida, class Musci, Hepaticae, Hepaticopsida, moss family, moss genus, Musci, nonvascular plant |
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| Member meronym | kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae |
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