Filicales
plural noun
Fil·i·ca·les
ˌfiləˈkā(ˌ)lēz
: an order of herbaceous, arborescent, or occasionally climbing plants (class Filicineae) that comprise the true ferns, that are characterized by exstipulate fronds, leptosporangiate sporangial development, and small thin-walled sporangia which are usually borne in sori on the undersides of the fronds, and that have a characteristic ring of thick-walled cells which assists in dehiscence of the spores compare fern ally, pteridophyta
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Filic-, Filix + -ales
- turning loose
- turning movement
- turning off
- turning on
- turning one's back on
- turning one's hand
- turning one's stomach
- turning out
- turning over
- turning over to
- turning plow
- turning point
- turning points
- turning rest
- turning round
- turning saw
- turning sickness
- turning spur
- turning square
- turning tail
- turning to
- turning turtle
- turning up
- turnings
- turnip