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单词 pteridosperm
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Definition of pteridosperm in English:

pteridosperm

noun ˈtɛrɪdəʊspəːmtəˈridəˌspərm
  • A fossil plant which is intermediate between the ferns and seed-bearing plants, dying out in the Triassic period.

    种子蕨。亦称SEED FERN

    Formerly placed in their own taxon (class Pteridospermeae), but now included with the gymnosperms

    Also called seed fern
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The first seeds evolved in a group of vascular plants sometimes called the pteridosperms, or ‘seed ferns.’
    • The idea that cycads stem from Carboniferous so-called pteridosperms (‘seed ferns’ or seed plants with fern-like foliage) has long been popular with paleobotanists.
    • The Pteridopsida were present, bearing spores on their leaves as they do today, but there were also fernlike seed-bearing ferns, the pteridosperms.
    • Seed-ferns or pteridosperms evolved rapidly in the Carboniferous; the first conifers are known from the Upper Carboniferous.
    • In the coal swamps of North America grew pteridosperms like Medullosa, a seed plant that resembles modern tree-ferns, but which bore seeds.

Origin

Early 20th century: from modern Latin pteridospermeae, from Greek pteris, pterid- 'fern'.

Definition of pteridosperm in US English:

pteridosperm

nountəˈridəˌspərm
  • An extinct plant that is intermediate between the ferns and seed-bearing plants, dying out in the Triassic period.

    种子蕨。亦称SEED FERN

    Formerly placed in their own taxon (class Pteridospermeae), but now included with the gymnosperms

    Also called seed fern
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The idea that cycads stem from Carboniferous so-called pteridosperms (‘seed ferns’ or seed plants with fern-like foliage) has long been popular with paleobotanists.
    • The first seeds evolved in a group of vascular plants sometimes called the pteridosperms, or ‘seed ferns.’
    • The Pteridopsida were present, bearing spores on their leaves as they do today, but there were also fernlike seed-bearing ferns, the pteridosperms.
    • In the coal swamps of North America grew pteridosperms like Medullosa, a seed plant that resembles modern tree-ferns, but which bore seeds.
    • Seed-ferns or pteridosperms evolved rapidly in the Carboniferous; the first conifers are known from the Upper Carboniferous.

Origin

Early 20th century: from modern Latin pteridospermeae, from Greek pteris, pterid- ‘fern’.

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