nonvascular plant

noun

: a simple, low-growing, nonflowering plant (such as a moss or liverwort) that lacks specialized conducting channels for transporting water and nutrients and in which the photosynthetic gametophyte is the dominant stage of the life cycle

Examples of nonvascular plant in a Sentence

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Only about five percent nonvascular plants like liverworts and mosses are represented in the gardens. —Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

nonvascular plant

noun

non·​vas·​cu·​lar plant

-ˈvas-kyə-lər-

: a plant (as a moss or an alga) that has no specialized conducting system for carrying fluids