bryophyte
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Bryophyta, from Ancient Greek βρύον (“moss”) + φυτόν (“plant”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
bryophyte (plural bryophytes)
- (botany) A member of the Bryophyta (in the broadest sense). Any plant in which the gametophyte (haploid) stage of the lifecycle is the larger, persistent stage, and the sporophyte (diploid) stage is small and dependent upon the gametophyte. Bryophytes include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 312:
- And so it was that I was introduced to Len Ellis and the quiet world of bryophytes – mosses to the rest of us.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 312:
Translations [edit]
member of the Bryophyta; moss, liverwort, or hornwort
