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filicoid

/ˈfɪlɪkɔɪd/

filicoid noun: any fern-like plant.

Noun

filicoid (plural filicoids)

  1. Any fern-like plant.
    • The manner in which the second generation arises from the first, varies much more in the Filicoids than in the Mosses1846-1853, John Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom

Adjective

filicoid (comparative more filicoid, superlative most filicoid)

  1. Resembling a fern, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction.

Forms of filicoid

Noun
pluralfilicoids
Adjective
comparativemore filicoid
superlativemost filicoid

Origin of filicoid

Learned borrowing from Latin filix (“fern”) + English -oid.

Questions about filicoid

What does filicoid mean?
Filicoid means any fern-like plant.
What part of speech is filicoid?
Filicoid can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce filicoid?
Filicoid is pronounced /ˈfɪlɪkɔɪd/.
What is the plural of filicoid?
The plural of filicoid is filicoids.

Words near filicoid in the dictionary

  1. filicides
  2. filiciform
  3. filicinean
  4. filicinin
  5. filicinoside
  6. filicoid
  7. filicoids
  8. filicologist
  9. filicologists
  10. filicology
  11. filiety

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