Definition of Pteridophytes

1. Noun. (plural of pteridophyte) ¹

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Definition of Pteridophytes

1. pteridophyte [n] - See also: pteridophyte

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteridophytes

ptenoglossate
pteranodon
pteranodons
pteria
pterid-
pteridine
pteridines
pterido-
pteridological
pteridologies
pteridologist
pteridologists
pteridology
pteridomania
pteridophyte
pteridophytes (current term)
pteridophytic
pterin
pterinic
pterins
pterion
pterions
ptero-
pterocarpan
pterocarpans
pterodactyl
pterodactylane

Literary usage of Pteridophytes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"CHAPTER III —pteridophytes Introductory. —The gap between bryophytes and pteridophytes is perhaps the greatest in the plant kingdom. ..."

2. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"The pteridophytes were formerly known as the VASCULAR CRYPTOGAMS. Like the Bryophytes, these plants show a distinct alternation of generations; ie, ..."

3. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"These fossils show that pteridophytes were at one time much more abundant than now. ... In beginning the study of pteridophytes, one should have in mind the ..."

4. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The pteridophytes.* The division Pteridophyta (meaning fern plants) comprises three classes: ... The advances in plant evolution up to the pteridophytes. ..."

5. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The pteridophytes.* The division Pteridophyta (meaning fern plants) comprises three ... The advances in plant evolution up to the pteridophytes. ..."

6. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"The pteridophytes were formerly known as the VASCULAR CRYPTOGAMS. Like the Bryophytes, these plants show a distinct alternation of generations; ie, ..."

7. Plant Studies: An Elementary Botany by John Merle Coulter (1900)
"At least three independent lines of pteridophytes are recognized : (1) Filicales ... The Ferns were used in the preceding chapter as types of pteridophytes, ..."

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