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Sea mat — (Zo[ o]l.) Any bryozoan of the genus {Flustra} or allied genera which form frondlike corals. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chamaebatia foliolosa — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
bryophyte — bryophytic /bruy euh fit ik/, adj. /bruy euh fuyt /, n. Bot. any of the Bryophyta, a phylum of nonvascular plants comprising the true mosses and liverworts. [1875 80; < NL Bryophyta name of the group; see BRYO , PHYTE] * * * Any of the green,… … Universalium
conifer — /koh neuh feuhr, kon euh /, n. 1. any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies… … Universalium
gymnosperm — gymnospermism, n. /jim neuh sperrm /, n. Bot. a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad. Cf. angiosperm. [1820 30; < NL gymnospermae name of type. See GYMNO , SPERM] * * * Any woody plant that reproduces… … Universalium
sea lily — a stalked, sessile crinoid. See illus. under crinoid. [1875 80] * * * ▪ echinoderm any crinoid marine invertebrate animal (class Crinoidea, phylum Echinodermata) in which the adult is fixed to the sea bottom by a stalk. Other crinoids (such … Universalium
sea moss — 1. Bot. any of certain frondlike red algae. 2. Zool. a bryozoan. [1540 50] * * * … Universalium
Clonograptus — ▪ graptolite genus genus of graptolites (extinct, small floating colonial animals related to the primitive chordates), characterized by a frondlike form. Groups of these animals were connected by stalklike structures to a central region.… … Universalium
Cycadeoidophyta — ▪ gymnosperm division also called Bennettitophyta an extinct division of plants with certain features in common with cycads (division Pinophyta) and grouped with them and the seed ferns (division Pteridospermophyta). Both the cycadeoids… … Universalium
feather moss — ▪ plant species also called plume moss or boreal forest moss (Ptilium, formerly Hypnum, crista castrensis), the only species of the genus Ptilium, it is a widely distributed plant of the subclass Bryidae that forms dense light green… … Universalium
