NONVASCULAR ORGANISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonvascular organism mean? 

• NONVASCULAR ORGANISM (noun)
  The noun NONVASCULAR ORGANISM has 1 sense:

1. organisms without vascular tissue: e.g. algae, lichens, fungi, mosses

  Familiarity information: NONVASCULAR ORGANISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONVASCULAR ORGANISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organisms without vascular tissue: e.g. algae, lichens, fungi, mosses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("nonvascular organism" is a kind of...):

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonvascular organism"):

bryophyte; nonvascular plant (any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta)