n. 蕨类植物

[医] 蕨类植物

[ noun ]
plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
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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.

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