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Pteridophyta
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Pterˊi-doph′y-ta
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], a fern + [GREEK] 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-phyteˊ
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, Noun.
☞ This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia.