Pteridophyte

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pteridophyte
       n : plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
           [syn: {nonflowering plant}]