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filicoid

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfɪlɪkɔɪd/

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any fern-like plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

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