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bryophytes

bryophytes is the plural of bryophyte.

Meaning of bryophyte

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

Questions about bryophytes

What is bryophytes the plural of?
Bryophytes is the plural of bryophyte.

Words near bryophytes in the dictionary

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

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