"sphenophyte" meaning in All languages combined

See sphenophyte on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sphenophytes [plural]
Etymology: spheno- (“wedge”) + -phyte (“plant”) Etymology templates: {{confix|en|spheno|phyte|t1=wedge|t2=plant}} spheno- (“wedge”) + -phyte (“plant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sphenophyte (plural sphenophytes)
  1. Any of an ancient type of simple vascular plants of which only the horsetails remain which have hollow stems that produce spores Categories (lifeform): Horsetails
    Sense id: en-sphenophyte-en-noun-MK4bNUky Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with spheno-, English terms suffixed with -phyte

Inflected forms

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