- quillworts
- n. any fernlike marsh plant of the genus Isoetes (Botany)
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Isoëtes — Taxobox name = Quillwort image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Lycopodiophyta classis = Isoetopsida ordo = Isoetales familia = Isoetaceae genus = Isoetes subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = See text. Isoëtes , commonly known as the … Wikipedia
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quillwort — /kwil werrt , wawrt /, n. any fernlike, aquatic marsh plant of the genus Isoëtes, characterized by clustered, quill like leaves bearing sporangia in their bases. [1780 90; QUILL + WORT2] * * * ▪ plant any of about 150 species of plants in… … Universalium
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lycophyte — ▪ plant division Introduction (division Lycopodiophyta or Lycophyta), any spore bearing vascular plant that is one of the club mosses (club moss) and their allies, living and fossil. Present day lycophytes are grouped in 6 genera (some… … Universalium
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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pteridophyte — 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 } … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
