| pteridophyta | (n) 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, Syn. division Pteridophyta |
| 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. -- ☞ This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia. [1913 Webster] |
| シダ植物;羊歯植物 | [シダしょくぶつ(シダ植物);しだしょくぶつ(羊歯植物), shida shokubutsu ( shida shokubutsu ); shidashokubutsu ( shida shokubutsu )] (n) pteridophyte (any plant of division Pteridophyta, inc. ferns and fern allies) [Add to Longdo] |