"bryophyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹʌɪ̯.əˌfʌɪt/ [UK], /ˈbɹaɪ̯.əˌfaɪt/ [Canada, US] Forms: bryophytes [plural]
Etymology: From Bryophyta, from Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) ( + -phyte). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|βρύον||moss}} Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”), {{suffix|en||phyte}} + -phyte Head templates: {{en-noun}} bryophyte (plural bryophytes)
  1. (botany) 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. Wikipedia link: bryophyte Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Mosses, Spore plants Derived forms: bryophytic Related terms: Anthocerotophyta (alt: the hornworts), cryptogam, embryophyte, Marchantiophyta (alt: the liverworts), pteridophyte, spermatophyte Translations (member of the Bryophyta; moss, liverwort, or hornwort): briofito (Esperanto), muskoplanto (Esperanto), sammal (Estonian), sammaltaim (Estonian), sammalkasvi (Finnish), sammal (Finnish), bryophyte [masculine] (French), Moos [neuter] (German), βρύο (vrýo) [neuter] (Greek), briófita [feminine] (Portuguese), briofită [feminine] (Romanian), briofita [feminine] (Spanish), briófito [masculine] (Spanish), briofito [masculine] (Spanish), mossa (Swedish), lumutan (Tagalog), bryoffyt [masculine] (Welsh)

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