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Noun: pteridosperm  'te-ri-du,spurm or tu'ri-du,spurm
  1. An extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae)
    "Fossil evidence of pteridosperms has been found in Carboniferous rock formations";
    - seed fern

Derived forms: pteridosperms

Type of: gymnosperm

Encyclopedia: Pteridosperm