filicoid
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin filix (“fern”) + -oid.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]filicoid (plural filicoids)
- (botany) 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
- 1846-1853, John Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom
Adjective
[edit]filicoid (comparative more filicoid, superlative most filicoid)
References
[edit]“filicoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.