DIVISION BRYOPHYTA
\dɪvˈɪʒən bɹˈa͡ɪəfˌɪtə], \dɪvˈɪʒən bɹˈaɪəfˌɪtə], \d_ɪ_v_ˈɪ_ʒ_ə_n b_ɹ_ˈaɪ_ə_f_ˌɪ_t_ə]\
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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)
By Princeton University
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