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pteriodophyte

pteriodophyte 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 pteriodophyte

What is pteriodophyte the misspelling of?
Pteriodophyte is the misspelling of pteridophyte.

Words near pteriodophyte in the dictionary

  1. pterineids
  2. pterinic
  3. pterinosome
  4. pterinosomes
  5. pterins
  6. pteriodophyte
  7. pterioid
  8. pterioidean
  9. pterioideans
  10. pterioids
  11. pteriomorph

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