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Pteridophyta
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What's The Definition Of Pteridophyta?
[n] containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pteridophyta: division Pteridophyta Related Terms | Find terms related to Pteridophyta: See Also | class Equisetatae | class Filicinae | class Filicopsida | class Lycopodiate | class Lycopsida | class Psilopsida | class Psilotatae | class Sphenopsida | division | Equisetatae | fern family | fern genus | Filicinae | Filicopsida | genus Pecopteris | kingdom Plantae | Lycopodiate | Lycopsida | nonflowering plant | order Psilophytales | plant kingdom | Plantae | Psilophytales | Psilopsida | Psilotatae | pteridophyte | Sphenopsida Pteridophyta In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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