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petridophyte

petridophyte is the misspelling of pteridophyte.

Meaning of pteridophyte

Noun

pteridophyte (plural pteridophytes)

  1. 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.
    • Ferns, lycopods, and scouring rushes are all pteridophytes.
    Synonyms:
    cryptogam

Questions about petridophyte

What is petridophyte the misspelling of?
Petridophyte is the misspelling of pteridophyte.

Words near petridophyte in the dictionary

  1. Petricks
  2. petricolid
  3. petricolids
  4. petricolous
  5. Petridish
  6. petridophyte
  7. Petrie
  8. petrifact
  9. petrifaction
  10. petrifactions
  11. petrifactive

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