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bryophyte Bot.|ˈbraɪəfaɪt|
[f. mod.L. Bryophyta (A. Braun 1864, in P. Ascherson Flora d. Brandenburg I. 22), f. Gr. βρύον moss + ϕυτόν plant.]
One of the Bryophyta, a group of plants comprising the liverworts and mosses. Hence ˌbryoˈphytic a.
1878W. R. McNab Bot. Classif. Plants i. 2 The transition from the Thallophyta to the next sub-kingdom, the Bryophyta, is not an abrupt one, hence..in the lower bryophytes the thallus is still to be met with. Ibid. ii. 71 The bryophytes can be divided into two classes, the Liverworts and the Mosses. 1928Bryologist XXXI. 123 The hot arid conditions..are little favorable to bryophytic growths. 1958New Biol. XXVII. 87 The phylum or class of bryophytes..forms the lowest group of land plants. |