pteridophyte
Pronunciation: /tɪˈɹɪdəˌfaɪt/
The English word “pteridophyte” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- 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.
Etymology
From pterido- (“fern”) + -phyte (“plant”).
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