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Definition of Bryophyte
1. Noun. Any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta.
Group relationships: Bryophyta, Division Bryophyta
Specialized synonyms: Moss, Hepatic, Liverwort
Generic synonyms: Nonvascular Organism
Definition of Bryophyte
1. Noun. (botany) A member of the Bryophyta (in the broadest sense). Any plant in which the gametophyte (haploid) stage of the lifecycle is the larger, persistent stage, and the sporophyte (diploid) stage is small and dependent upon the gametophyte. Bryophytes include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bryophyte
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Medical Definition of Bryophyte
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bryophyte
Literary usage of Bryophyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Biology: A Book of Outlines and Practical Studies for the General by James George Needham (1910)
"An examination of bryophyte characters. Materials needed: Fresh green specimens of
... bryophyte ..."
2. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"As one traces the evolution of the bryophyte ... we are largely influenced by
the fact that the bryophyte sporophyte, throughout its whole history, ..."
3. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"The bryophyte type is essentially a limited one, for indefinite enlargement of
the concrete ... In actual life the bryophyte type is almost always annual, ..."
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