pteridophyte
Any plant of the division Pteridophyta, of simple vascular plants that reproduce via…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.
Meaning
1 sensesAny 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.
- plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From pterido- (“fern”) + -phyte (“plant”).From pterido- (“fern”) + -phyte (“plant”).
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Forms
plural: pteridophytes| Singular | pteridophyte |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores:nonflowering plant