division bryophyta

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division bryophyta - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  division Bryophyta
      n 1: 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) [syn:
           Bryophyta, division Bryophyta]