word-forming element meaning "moss" in scientific compounds, from Greek bryos, bryon "moss."
Entries linking to bryo-
bryology n.
1823, "biological science of mosses and their relatives," from bryo- "moss" + -logy. Related: Bryologist (1826); bryological.
bryophyte n.
group of plants comprising mosses and liverworts, 1875, from Modern Latin Bryophyta (1864), from bryo- "moss" + -phyte "plant" (n.).
Bryozoa n.
lowest of mollusks, 1837, from bryo- "moss" + -zoa "animal," from Greek zoia, plural of zoion "animal" (from PIE root *gwei- "to live"). So called from the appearance of some species.