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seed fern

American  

noun

  1. any of various plants of the order Lyginopteridales (or Cycadofilicales), known only as fossils, having fernlike leaves and reproducing by means of seeds.

seed fern British  

noun

  1. another name for pteridosperm

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Etymology

Origin of seed fern

First recorded in 1925–30

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