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PTEROPSIDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae
Synonyms:
Pteropsida; subdivision Pteropsida
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pteropsida" is a kind of...):
division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)
Holonyms ("Pteropsida" is a member of...):
division Tracheophyta; Tracheophyta (in former classifications: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants)