filicoid
filicoid · filicoids
Any fern-like plantAny fern-like plant.
/ˈfɪlɪkɔɪd/
Meaning
1 sensesAny fern-like plant.
1846-1853, John Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom The manner in which the second generation arises from the first, varies much more in the Filicoids than in the Mosses
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin filix (“fern”) + English -oid.Learned borrowing from Latin filix (“fern”) + English -oid.
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