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Bryophyta


Bry-oph′y-ta

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Noun.
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Bryophyta

Bryophyta

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Bryophyta

  1. (botany, obsolete) A botanical name at the rank of division or phylum including all the bryophytes (the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts).
  2. The mosses.
    1. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae.
    2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Embryophyta.

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