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Pteridophyte
/tɪˈɹɪdəˌfaɪt/
Any plant of the division Pteridophyta, of simple vascular plants that reproduce via spores rather than seeds and that alternate generations of diploid (sporophyte) and haploid (gametophyte or prothallus) forms, the diploid generally being larger and more conspicuous.
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Any plant of the division Pteridophyta, of simple vascular plants that reproduce via spores rather than seeds and that alternate generations of diploid (sporophyte) and haploid (gametophyte or prothallus) forms, the diploid generally being larger and more conspicuous.
"Ferns, lycopods, and scouring rushes are all pteridophytes."
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| Word | Definition |
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| nonflowering plantnoun | plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores |
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| nonflowering plantnoun | plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores |
| petridophytenoun | Misspelling of pteridophyte. [Any plant of the division Pteridophyta, of simple vascular plants that reproduce via spores rather than seeds and that alternate generations of diploid (sporophyte) and haploid (gametophyte or prothallus) forms, the diploid generally being larger and more conspicuous.] |
| pteriodophytenoun | Misspelling of pteridophyte. [Any plant of the division Pteridophyta, of simple vascular plants that reproduce via spores rather than seeds and that alternate generations of diploid (sporophyte) and haploid (gametophyte or prothallus) forms, the diploid generally being larger and more conspicuous.] |
| pterophytenoun | (botany) Any fern (of division Pteridophyta). |
| fernnoun | Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations. |
| pteridospermnoun | Any of various extinct gymnosperms, of the division Pteridospermatophyta, resembling ferns, but producing seeds instead of spores |
| pteridologistnoun | A person who studies ferns and other pteridophytes. |
| pteridoidnoun | Any fern of the subfamily Pteridoideae |
| pinophytenoun | (botany) Any gymnosperm (of the division Pinophyta) |
| spermatophytenoun | (botany) Any plant that bears seeds rather than spores |
| pteridologynoun | (botany) The scientific study of ferns and other pteridophytes. |
| phorophytenoun | (botany) Any plant on which an epiphyte grows |
| spermophytenoun | (botany) Alternative form of spermatophyte. [(botany) Any plant that bears seeds rather than spores] |
| sphenophytenoun | Any of an ancient type of simple vascular plants of which only the horsetails remain which have hollow stems that produce spores |
| tracheophytenoun | (botany): Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. |
| terophytenoun | Misspelling of therophyte. [(biology) Any plant which survives unfavourable seasons in the form of seeds only] |
| sporophytenoun | (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes. |
| therophyte | (biology) Any plant which survives unfavourable seasons in the form of seeds only |
| diplophytenoun | (biology) sporophyte |
| psilophytenoun | Any plant of the former taxon Psilophyta |
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