Bryophyte (Noun)
Meaning
Any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are all types of bryophytes that thrive in damp environments.
- The biologist carefully studied the bryophyte samples collected from the mossy forest floor.
- In botanical classification, bryophytes are considered to be a distinct division from vascular plants.
- Bryophytes have adapted to live in areas with consistent moisture due to the lack of roots and leaves like vascular plants.
- An example of how life evolved from water to land can be observed by studying bryophytes and their history of transition.