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PTERIDOSPERM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pteridosperm mean?
• PTERIDOSPERM (noun)
The noun PTERIDOSPERM has 1 sense:
1. an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae)
Familiarity information: PTERIDOSPERM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
pteridosperm; seed fern
Hypernyms ("pteridosperm" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm (plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary)
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