Word.ws English Dictionary

bryophyte

UK/ˈbɹʌɪ̯.əˌfʌɪt/US/ˈbɹaɪ̯.əˌfaɪt/

bryophyte noun: any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.

bryophyte: any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and...
Image: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

bryophyte (plural bryophytes)

  1. Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
    • Without going into their reasons, Bold, Alexopoulos, & DelBevoryas (1980) and Crandall-Stotler (1980) believe that there are at least three independent lines of bryophytes and that this is best reflected by establishing three divisions - the Bryophyta (mosses), Hepatophyta (liverworts), and...1993, Wilson Nichols Stewart, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants, page 77
    • Because of their small size and often delicate structure, bryophytes have a poor fossil record, dating back only about 290 million years.2002, William R. Buck, Bryophytes, entry in Niles Eldredge (editor), Life on Earth, page 202

bryophyte meaning in Tagalog

bryophyte in Tagalog

member of the Bryophyta; moss, liverwort, or hornwort
lumutan

Forms of bryophyte

pluralbryophytes

Origin of bryophyte

Borrowed from translingual Bryophyta, from Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) ( + -phyte).

Words formed from bryophyte

Questions about bryophyte

What does bryophyte mean?
Bryophyte means any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
What is bryophyte in Tagalog?
Bryophyte in Tagalog is lumutan. See Bryophyte meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is bryophyte?
Bryophyte is a noun.
How do you pronounce bryophyte?
Bryophyte is pronounced /ˈbɹʌɪ̯.əˌfʌɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of bryophyte?
The plural of bryophyte is bryophytes.

Words near bryophyte in the dictionary

  1. bryophillin
  2. bryophillins
  3. bryophilous
  4. bryophyllum
  5. bryophyllums
  6. bryophyte
  7. bryophytes
  8. bryophytic
  9. bryopsid
  10. bryopsidalean
  11. bryopsidaleans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bryophyte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “bryophyte.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/bryophyte. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.