a. and sb. [f. as prec. + -OID.]

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  A.  adj. Resembling a fern.

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1847.  in Craig.

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1876.  Page, Adv. Text-bk. Geol., xiv. 268. The same gigantic coniferous and filicoid plants are found alike in the coal-fields of Britain, America, Melville Island, and Australia—regions at once tropical, temperate, and arctic.

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  B.  sb. A plant having the appearance of a fern.

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1847.  in Craig.

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