Pteridophyta

Definitions of Pteridophyta
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: division Pteridophyta
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    (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
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