Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pteridophyte"
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) 1.7 (wn)
pteridophyte
n : plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
[syn: {nonflowering plant}]
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