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nonvascular plants Plants lacking lignified vascular tissue (xylem), vascularized leaves, and having a free-living, photosynthetic gametophyte stage that dominates the life cycle. Common examples are the mosses and liverworts.
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nonvascular plants: the plants that do not have specialized tissues to transport fluids.
norepinephrine: a hormone produced in the adrenal medulla that intensifies the effects of epinephrine.
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Cryptogams: nonvascular plants such as lichens and mosses that make up the ground or surface layer of vegetation.
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bryophytes A group of nonvascular plants consisting of the hornworts, liverworts,
bryozoans Colonial invertebrates in which the anus is located outside the edge of a lophophore.
bubo Swollen lymph node.
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The mosses, liverworts, and hornworts; a group of nonvascular plants that inhabit the land but lack many of the terrestrial adaptations of vascular plants.
bronchus pl. bronchi
(bronk-us, bronk- eye) [Gk. bronchos, windpipe] ...
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