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filicoid

noun
/ˈfɪlɪkɔɪd/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin filix (“fern”) + English -oid.

  1. learned borrowing from filix

Definitions

  1. Any fern-like plant.

    • 1846-1853, John Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom The manner in which the second generation arises from the first, varies much more in the Filicoids than in the Mosses

  2. Resembling a fern, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction.

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