| bryophyta | (n) 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. division Bryophyta |
| Bryophyta | ‖n. pl. See Cryptogamia. [ 1913 Webster ] |