Bryophyta
Bry*oph"y*ta\, n. pl. See Cryptogamia.| bryophyta | |
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) |