filicoid

Noun

 * 1)  Any fern-like plant.
 * 2) * 1846-1853,, The Vegetable Kingdom
 * The manner in which the second generation arises from the first, varies much more in the Filicoids than in the Mosses

Adjective

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