different between bryophyte vs bryophytic

English

Etymology

From Bryophyta, from Ancient Greek ????? (brúon, “moss”) + ????? (phutón, “plant”) ( +? -phyte).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b????.?.f??t/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?b?a??.?.f?it/

Noun

bryophyte (plural bryophytes)

1. (botany) 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.
   • 2002, William R. Buck, Bryophytes, entry in Niles Eldredge (editor), Life on Earth, page 202,

     Because of their small size and often delicate structure, bryophytes have a poor fossil record, dating back only about 290 million years.

   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 312:

     And so it was that I was introduced to Len Ellis and the quiet world of bryophytes – mosses to the rest of us.

Translations

See also

• Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts)
• cryptogam
• embryophyte
• Marchantiophyta (the liverworts)
• pteridophyte
• spermatophyte

English

Etymology

bryophyte +? -ic

Adjective

bryophytic (comparative more bryophytic, superlative most bryophytic)

1. Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.