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pteridophyte
[ tuh-rid-uh-fahyt, ter-i-doh- ]
noun
- any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
pteridophyte
/ ˈtɛrɪdəʊˌfaɪt; ˌtɛrɪˈdɒfɪtəs; ˌtɛrɪdəʊˈfɪtɪk /
noun
- (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
pteridophyte
- 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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Derived Forms
- pteridophytic, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ٱ···· [t, uh, -rid-, uh, -, fit, -ik, ter-i-doh-], ٱ··DZ··ٴdzܲ [ter-i-, dof, -i-t, uh, s], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pteridophyte1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pteridophyte1
C19: from pterido-, from Greek pteris fern + -phyte
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Manual of the phanerogams and pteridophytes of western Texas.
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The macrosporangia are also ordinarily known as “ovules,” a name given before it was known that these were the same as the macrosporangia of the higher pteridophytes.
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The tree has a very perfect root system, but different from that of any pteridophytes.
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The general plan of the root is much like that of the pteridophytes.
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In the upper part of the prothallium several large archegonia are formed in much the same way as in the pteridophytes.
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