Pteridophyta (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a fern + &unr_; a plant.] (Bot.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia. -- Pteridophyte (#), n.
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&hand_; This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia.
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