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pteridophytes

pteridophytes is the plural 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 pteridophytes

What is pteridophytes the plural of?
Pteridophytes is the plural of pteridophyte.

Words near pteridophytes in the dictionary

  1. pteridologists
  2. pteridology
  3. pteridomania
  4. pteridophobia
  5. pteridophyte
  6. pteridophytes
  7. pteridophytic
  8. pteridosperm
  9. pteridospermatophyte
  10. pteridospermatophytes
  11. pteridospermous

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