bryopsida
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1. true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | bryales, order bryales, |
| definition | : | category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | dicranales, order dicranales, |
| definition | : | widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | eubryales, order eubryales, |
| definition | : | mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | order sphagnales, sphagnales, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | bryophyta, division bryophyta, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.plant) |
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