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pteridophytes

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noun

Say it like: Pte-rid-ofy-tes

The correct spelling is pteridophytes. 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… For example: "Ferns, lycopods, and scouring rushes are all pteridophytes."

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Ferns, lycopods, and scouring rushes are all pteridophytes.

Definition

noun

  1. 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.

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