filicoid

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/ˈfɪlɪkɔɪd/

noun

Any fern-like plant.

OriginLatin filix →
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Meanings

nounfilicoid (plural filicoids)

plural filicoids

  1. biologyAny 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

adjectivefilicoid (comparative more filicoid, superlative most filicoid)

comparative more filicoid · superlative most filicoid

  1. biologyResembling a fern, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction.

Origin

  1. Latinfilix“fern”
  2. Englishfilicoid

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

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APA

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Chicago

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