pteridophyte -- Plant in which the sporophyte generation is the larger phase and in which the gametophyte lives an existence independent of its parent sporophyte.
Pteridophytes shows a total turnover from the bryophyte stage, with big and complex sporophytes.
Pteridophyte search for term- n. (Gr. pteris, fern; phyton, plant) a major division of the plant kingdom, having clear alternation of generations with a dominant vascular sporophyte initially dependent upon the gametophyte which is very reduced.
 See also: Plant, Spore, Gardening, Flower, Stage
  
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