bryophyte
/ˈbraɪəˌfaɪt/
noun
- A small, non-flowering plant that grows in damp places, such as mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
- Students collected samples of bryophytes from the stream bank for their biology class.
- The forest floor was covered in a soft carpet of bryophytes.
- Bryophytes do not have true roots or vascular tissue like other plants.