Bryophyte Definition

brīə-fīt
noun
Any of a division (Bryophyta) of plants consisting of the mosses and liverworts.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • nonvascular plant

Other Word Forms of Bryophyte

Noun

Singular:
bryophyte
Plural:
bryophytes

Origin of Bryophyte

  • From Bryophyta, from Ancient Greek βρύον (bruon, “moss”) + φυτόν (phuton, “plant”).

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin Bryophyta division name bryo– –phyte

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bryophyte Sentence Examples

  • The whole site is biologically rich, with many woodland plant communities represented and rich bryophyte and lichen assemblages.

  • Fourteen different bryophyte zones have been identified in the UK (Ratcliffe 1968 ), with distinct differences in the bryophyte assemblages within them.

  • The montane calcicole bryophyte flora is also outstanding and includes a number of species not present on other selected sites.

  • The lichen and bryophyte flora of the complex is outstanding, and the vascular plant flora is also extremely rich.

  • There is a rich fern and bryophyte community including black spleenwort.

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