pter•i•do•phyte
We found 3 definitions of pteridophyte from 3 different sources.
NounPlural: pteridophytes |
||
pteridophyte - plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores | ||
nonflowering plant | ||
tracheophyte, vascular plant green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms | ||
division pteridophyta, pteridophyta 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 | ||
fern any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores |