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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PTERIDOSPERM

From Greek pteris a fern + -sperm.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PTERIDOSPERM

pteridosperm  [ˈtɛrɪdəˌspɜːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PTERIDOSPERM

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Pteridosperm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PTERIDOSPERM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pteridosperm

Pteridospermatophyta

The term Pteridospermatophyta refers to several distinct groups of extinct seed-bearing plants. The oldest fossil evidence of plants of this type is the genus Elkinsia of late Devonian age. They flourished particularly during the Carboniferous and Permian periods. Pteridosperms declined during the Mesozoic Era and had mostly disappeared by the end of the Cretaceous Period, though some pteridosperm-like plants seem to have survived into Eocene times, fossilized in Tasmania. The concept of the pteridosperms goes back to the late 19th century when palaeobotanists came to realise that many Carboniferous fossils resembling fern fronds had anatomical features more reminiscent of the modern-day seed plants, the cycads. In 1899 the German palaeobotanist Henry Potonié coined the term "Cycadofilices" for such fossils, suggesting that they were a group of non-seed plants intermediate between the ferns and cycads.

Definition of pteridosperm in the English dictionary

The definition of pteridosperm in the dictionary is any extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the group Pteridospermae Also called: seed fern.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PTERIDOSPERM


angiosperm
ˈændʒɪəˌspɜːm
deperm
diːˈpɜːm
endosperm
ˈɛndəʊˌspɜːm
episperm
ˌɛpɪˈspɜːm
gymnosperm
ˈdʒɪmnəʊˌspɜːm
LaPerm
ləˈpɜːm
oosperm
ˈəʊəˌspɜːm
perisperm
ˈpɛrɪˌspɜːm
perm
pɜːm
sperm
spɜːm
zoosperm
ˈzəʊəˌspɜːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PTERIDOSPERM

pteranodon
pteridine
pteridological
pteridologist
pteridology
pteridomania
pteridophilist
pteridophyte
pteridophytic
pteridophytous
pterin
pterion
pterodactyl
pterodactyle
pteropod
pterosaur
pterosaurian
pterygial
pterygium
pterygoid

WORDS THAT END LIKE PTERIDOSPERM

berm
donor sperm
ectoderm
endoderm
full term
full-term
germ
half term
herm
isotherm
jail term
long term
long-term
medium-term
midterm
preterm
short-term
term
therm
wheat germ

Synonyms and antonyms of pteridosperm in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pteridosperm» into 25 languages

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PTERIDOSPERM»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pteridosperm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PTERIDOSPERM»

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Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants
That this represents the way in which the pter- idosperm synangium evolved is evidenced by Carboniferous genera of presumed pteridosperm microspo- rangiate structures (Meyer-Berthaud, 1989). For example, in Zimmermannitheca ( Remy ...
Wilson Nichols Stewart, 1993
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Taxonomy of Angiosperms
The Pteridosperm Theory Throughout the Palaeozoic from the Upper Devonian to the Permian, leaves closely resembling those of living ferns are abundant. Some of these leaves were associated with cycad-like.stem structure and on the  ...
V.N. Naik, 1984
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Plant Life Through the Ages: A Geological and Botanical ...
In the possession of two kinds of spore a pteridosperm agrees with Selaginella and Isoetes among the lycopods and with the water ferns (Hydropteri- deae) Pilularia and Azolla; but the larger spores of a pteridosperm were not shed from the ...
A. C. Seward, 2010
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Paleopalynology: Second Edition
Falcisporites Falcisporites (as well as Vitreisporites and Exiguisporites) pollen was reported from pollen sacs of Caytonanthus (Jurassic caytonialean) and Harrisiothecium (Triassic pteridosperm) by Townrow (1962). Townrow (1965) also ...
Alfred Traverse, 2007
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Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution
Chapter. 6. The. Mostly. Male. theory. of. flower. origins: summary. and. update. regarding. the. Jurassic. pteridosperm. Pteroma. MichaeI W. Frohlich ABSTRACT The Mostly Male theory is the first explanation of the evolutionary origins of the ...
Quentin C.B. Cronk, Richard M. Bateman, Julie A. Hawkins, 2002
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The Seeds of Dicotyledons
Misconceptions of the intercalary growth in the chalazal regions of cycads has led to the interpretation of their seeds as bitegmic (Stopes 1905). It has been taken up to reinterpret the lyginopterid pteridosperm seed as the bitegmic forebear of ...
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Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants
Tristichia ovensi gen. sp. nov., a protostelic Lower Carboniferous pteridosperm from Berwickshire and East Lothian, with an account of some associated seeds and cupules. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 64: 477–492.
Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor, Michael Krings, 2009
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Sphenopteris Sellardsii, a Problematical Pteridosperm from ...
Discusses the characteristics of Sphenopteris sellardsii, a new species of pteridosperm based on fertile foliage from the Elmo Limestone member of Early Permian age in east-central Kansas.
Robert W. Baxter, 1978
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
DISCUSSION The specimen described here is not only the first demonstrably ovuliferous pteridosperm found in the Hermit Shale, but it is also one of very few examples of seed-bearing pteridospermous foliage known in the Paleozoic of North ...
‎1971
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Introduction to Taxonomy of Angiosperms
8.3.3. Pteridosperm. Theory. According to Andrews (1961), some Pteridosperms may have given rise to angiosperms. Many Palaeozoic pteridosperms, like Lagenostoma possess cupulate seeds. On the other hand in Gnetopsis (Figure 8.4) ...
Verma, Verma B. K.

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PTERIDOSPERM»

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City-sized fossilized forest found
Detail of a pteridosperm, an extinct seed-producing fern-like plant. The image shows an area about six cm (2.4 inches) in height. (Courtesy Howard Falcon-Lang) ... «World Science, Apr 07»
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World's first rainforest found in Illinois
Detail of a pteridosperm, an extinct seed-producing fern-like plant. Width across image about six centimeters. Credit: Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang ... «Mongabay.com, Apr 07»

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