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コケ植物 (コケしょくぶつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

コケ植しょく物ぶつ

also: こけしょくぶつ

Meanings

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noun

bryophyte; mosses, hornworts, and liverworts

Scientific term for non-vascular land plants; includes mosses, hornworts, and liverworts. Used in biology and botany.

コケ植しょく物ぶつは維い管かん束そくを持もたない陸りく上じょう植しょく物ぶつの一いち群ぐんです。
Bryophytes are a group of land plants that lack vascular tissue.
この森もりには多た様ようなコケ植しょく物ぶつが生せい育いくしている。
Various bryophytes grow in this forest.

Written forms

コケ植しょく物ぶつ
Standard katakana-kanji mixed spelling for bryophytes; widely used in botanical contexts.
苔こけ植しょく物ぶつ
Kanji spelling using 苔 (moss); less common than the katakana form, but encountered in some texts.
こけしょくぶつ

Kanji

植plant
物thing, object, matter
苔

moss, lichen

Similar words

コケ
コケ (moss) is a general term for moss-like plants, while コケ植物 is the formal botanical term for the bryophyte group.
蘚せん苔たい類るい
蘚苔類 is an older or alternative term for bryophytes, less common in modern usage.

Etymology

Compound of コケ (moss) and 植物 (plant), directly translating to 'moss plant'. The katakana spelling コケ is standard in scientific contexts.