pteridophyten.
/tᵻˈrɪdəˌfʌɪt/, U.S. /təˈrɪdəˌfaɪt/, /ˈtɛrədəˌfaɪt/ Botany.
A plant belonging to the division Pteridophyta; a vascular cryptogam, esp. a fern.
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ferna800
brakec1325
brackenc1400
brack1482
bracken-bush1483
pteris1601
fern-brake1611
filix1731
lady bracken1820
pteridoid1866
pteridophyte1880
1880 C. E. Bessey Bot. xx. 437 The epidermis of Angiosperms does not differ in any marked way from that of the Gymnosperms and the Pteridophytes.
1940 H. A. Hyde & A. E. Wade Welsh Ferns Introd. 1 To-day the ferns proper far outnumber the remaining pteridophytes.
1965 Daily Times–News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 31 May 10/1 The pteridophytes are ferns and their allies. These lacy-leafed beauties are the most advanced of the nonflowering plants.
2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xxiii. 550 The informal term ‘pteridophyte’ can be retained, however, to describe the grade of vascular plants that reproduce by spores.
Derivatives
pteˌridoˈphytic adj. belonging or relating to the Pteridophyta.
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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [adjective] > of or belonging to group or type of fern
polypodiaceous1818
osmundaceous1842
marsileaceous1857
salviniaceous1858
anadromous1881
pteridophytic1883
homophyadic1889
medullosean1899
trichomanoid1900
medullosan1903
resam1939
heterophyadic-
1883 Amer. Naturalist 17 543 It is significant that this pteridophytic character is to be found only in young plants.
1907 Times 27 July 4/5 Among the more important other communications will be papers by Professor Bower on Pteridophytic Embryos..and Miss Fraser..on Recent work on the Cytology of Fungi.
2002 Rev. Palaeobot. & Palynol. 120 286 Hydropterids (aquatic ferns and fern-like forms) are significant components of the Intertrappean pteridophytic flora.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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