also: こけしょくぶつ
bryophyte; mosses, hornworts, and liverworts
Scientific term for non-vascular land plants; includes mosses, hornworts, and liverworts. Used in biology and botany.
Bryophytes are a group of land plants that lack vascular tissue.
Various bryophytes grow in this forest.
Standard katakana-kanji mixed spelling for bryophytes; widely used in botanical contexts.
Kanji spelling using 苔 (moss); less common than the katakana form, but encountered in some texts.
Compound of コケ (moss) and 植物 (plant), directly translating to 'moss plant'. The katakana spelling コケ is standard in scientific contexts.