(n) 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), Syn. division Bryophyta
[コケしょくぶつ(コケ植物);こけしょくぶつ(苔植物), koke shokubutsu ( koke shokubutsu ); kokeshokubutsu ( koke shokubutsu )] (n) bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, inc. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)