pteridophyte

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Etymology

From pterido- + -phyte.

Noun

pteridophyte (plural pteridophytes)

  1. Any simple vascular plant that produces spores, but not seeds, and has the diploid stage of its life cycle as the dominant form.
    Ferns, lycopods, and scouring rushes are all pteridophytes.

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