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pteridophyte |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pteridophyta \Pter`i*doph"y*ta\, n. pl [NL., from Gr ?, ?, a fern + ? a plant.] (Bot.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under {Cryptogamia}. -- {Pter"i*do*phyte`}, n. Note: This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pteridophyte n : plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores [syn: {nonflowering plant}]
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