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Definition of Bryophytes
1. bryophyte [n] - See also: bryophyte
Medical Definition of Bryophytes
1. Plants of the phylum Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts and hornworts, characterised by the lack of true roots, stems and leaves. (05 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bryophytes
Literary usage of Bryophytes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany by Wilfred William Robbins, John Nathan Martin (1919)
"But in taking up the study of the bryophytes, we return to the study of evolution
which ... The bryophytes include two large groups of plants — Liverworts ..."
2. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"But in taking up the study of the bryophytes, we return to the study of evolution
which ... The bryophytes include two large groups of plants -•- Liverworts ..."
3. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"CHAPTER XXIV THE bryophytes AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ALTERNATION OF ... Furthermore,
it is impossible fully to understand the characters of the bryophytes ..."
4. Foundations of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen (1901)
"The Group bryophytes Under this head are classed the liverworts and the mosses.
... bryophytes have no true roots, but they have organs which perform the ..."
5. Practical Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Otis William Caldwell (1911)
"CHAPTER XVI MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS (bryophytes) 241. Introductory statement.
There are two classes of this division of the plant kingdom, ..."
6. Preliminary Geological Map of Connecticut by Herbert Ernest Gregory, Henry Hollister Robinson (1908)
"... ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE bryophytes Although the majority of the bryophytes are
of .small size when compared with the seed-bearing plants, they often form ..."
7. Plant Life and Plant Uses: An Elementary Textbook, a Foundation for the by John Gaylord Coulter (1913)
"True mosses form one of the divisions of bryophytes. The other division is the
liverworts. The liverworts are simpler than the mosses and we will consider ..."
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