archaeocalamites

archaeocalamites
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Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from archae- + Calamites
: a genus of fossil plants related to Calamites, found in the oldest Carboniferous strata, and having large repeatedly dichotomous leaves and a strobilus like an equisetum

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  • archaeocalamites — ar·chaeo·calamites …   English syllables

  • ARTHROPHYTES — Les prêles (genre Equisetum ), communément appelées «queues de cheval», sont actuellement les seules représentantes des Articulées ou Arthrophytes qui forment l’un des rameaux du vaste ensemble des Cryptogames vasculaires ou Ptéridophytes. Les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Equisetales — noun lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian • Syn: ↑order Equisetales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Sphenopsida, ↑class Sphenopsida, ↑Equisetatae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • asterocalamites — |astə(ˌ)rō+ Etymology: New Latin, from aster + Calamites synonym of archaeocalamites …   Useful english dictionary

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