pteridosperm
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pteridosperm /ˈtɛrɪdə(ʊ)spəːm/
▶noun a fossil plant intermediate between the ferns and seed-bearing plants, dying out in the Triassic period.
– origin early 20th cent.: from mod. L. pteridospermeae, from Gk pteris, pterid- ‘fern’.
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