pteridophyta

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Pteridophyta
    n 1: 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: {Pteridophyta}, {division Pteridophyta}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   Note: This is a modern term, devised to replace the older
         ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia.
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