Definition of bryophyte
:any of a division (Bryophyta) of nonflowering plants comprising the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts
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Oishi said humid cities where moss thrives could benefit most from using bryophytes – a collective term for mosses, hornworts and liverworts – as bioindicators, adding moss could be monitored in its natural environment or cultivated for analysis.
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