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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pteridophyta

· Pter·i·doph·y·ta · IPA
01 n. pl. A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia.
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    A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia.(Bot.) See: Cryptogamia