Etymology

bryophyte

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Today it means: Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants. Full definition →

translingual Bryophyta ← Ancient Greek βρύον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβρύον“moss”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromBryophyta
  3. English todaybryophyte

Borrowed from translingual Bryophyta, from Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) ( + -phyte).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβρύον all →

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