pteridophyte(n = noun.plant) nonflowering plant - plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores;
is a kind of tracheophyte, vascular plant
is a member of division pteridophyta, pteridophyta
has particulars: fern, fern ally
pteridophyte, n. any flowerless plant of the division Pteridophyta, including ferns, club-mosses, and horsetails.
Etymology:
Gk pteris -idos fern + phuton plant