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   ‖Pteridophyta , n. pl. [NL., from Gr. , , a fern +  a plant.] (Bot.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia. -- Pter"i*do*phyte` , n.
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   ☞ This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia.
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