English Explanatory Dictionary

sphenophyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of an ancient type of simple vascular plants of which only the horsetails remain which have hollow stems that produce spores

Word forms

sphenophyte sphenophytes

Etymology

From spheno- (“wedge”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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