BRYOPHYTIC

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Relating to plants of the division Bryophyta

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Pertainym:

bryophyte (any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta)

Derivation:

Bryophyta (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))

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