Found 2 items, similar to pteridophyte.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pteridophyte pteridophyte n : plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores [syn: nonflowering plant]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pteridophyte Pteridophyta \Pter`i*doph"y*ta\, 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. [1913 Webster] Note: This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia. [1913 Webster]