Pteridophyta
蕨類植物門; 蕨類植物門
Pter·i·doph·y·ta n. pl. Bot. A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia. -- Pter*i*do*phyte n.
Note: ☞ This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia.
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Pteridophyta
n : containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds:
ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some
classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
[syn: division Pteridophyta]