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seed fern
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noun
any of various plants of the order Lyginopteridales (or Cycadofilicales), known only as fossils, having fernlike leaves and reproducing by means of seeds.
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Also called pteridosperm.
Origin of seed fern
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby seed fern
seed coat, seed coral, seed corn, seedeater, seeder, seed fern, seed leaf, seedless plant, seedling, seed money, see double
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