pteridophyte

American  

[tuh-rid-uh-fahyt, ter-i-doh-] / təˈrɪd əˌfaɪt, ˈtɛr ɪ doʊ- /

noun

1. any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.

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pteridophyte British  

/ ˈtɛrɪdəʊˌfaɪt, ˌtɛrɪˈdɒfɪtəs, ˌtɛrɪdəʊˈfɪtɪk /

noun

1. (in traditional classification) any plant of the division Pteridophyta, reproducing by spores and having vascular tissue, roots, stems, and leaves: includes the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses. In modern classifications these plants are placed in separate phyla

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pteridophyte Scientific  

/ tə-rĭd′ə-fīt′,tĕr′ĭ-dō- /

1. Any of various vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds; a seedless vascular plant. The pteridophytes include the lycophytes, the horsetails, and the ferns, as well as a small group of related plants called the psilophytes and several extinct phyla.

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Other Word Forms

• pteridophytic adjective
• pteridophytous adjective

Etymology

Origin of pteridophyte

1875–80; < New Latin Pteridophyta; pterido-, -phyte