Cordaites

Cordaites
noun
tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers
• Syn: ↑genus Cordaites
• Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cordaitaceae, ↑family Cordaitaceae

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\\ˌkȯ(r)dāˈīd.ˌēz, kȯ(r)ˈdīd.-\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from August K.J.Corda died 1849 Bohemian botanist + Latin -ites -ite
: the type genus of Cordaitaceae comprising tall Paleozoic forest trees that superficially resembled the modern screw pines but structurally were intermediate in some respects between the cycadophytes and the more advanced coniferophytes

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Cordaites /kör-dā-īˈtēz/
noun
A Palaeozoic genus of fossil plants of the family Cordaitāˈceae, gymnosperms nearer the conifers than the cycads
ORIGIN: AKJ Corda (1809–49), Bohemian botanist

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