1. used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae; [syn: Pteropsida, subdivision Pteropsida]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pteropsida
n 1: used in former classifications to include all ferns and
flowering plants and divided into the three classes
Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae [syn:
Pteropsida, subdivision Pteropsida]