bryophyta(n = noun.plant) division bryophyta - 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);
is a kind of division
is a member of kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae
Derived form adjective bryophytic1
See Cryptogamia. [1913 Webster]