pteridophyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

/tɪˈɹɪdəˌfaɪt/ /təˈɹɪdəˌfaɪt/ /ˈtɛɹədəˌfaɪt/

pteridophyte pteridophytes

From pterido- (“fern”) + -phyte (“plant”).

cryptogam

pteridologist pteridology

pteridophytic

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