a division of small flowerless green plants which comprises the mosses and liverworts. They lack true roots and reproduce by spores released from a stalked capsule.
Division Bryophyta: classes Musci (mosses) and Hepaticae (liverworts)
Origin:
modern Latin (plural), from Greek bruon 'moss' + phuta 'plants'
Bryophyta in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of Bryophyta in the US English dictionary
