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pteridophyta
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pteridophyta, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. , , a fern + a plant.].
A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia. [1913 Webster]
" This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia." [1913 Webster]
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