Cycadales

Cycadales
noun
primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms
• Syn: ↑order Cycadales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Cycad-, Cycas + -ales
: an order of gymnospermous plants abundant in the Mesozoic but now reduced to a few localized and widely scattered tropical forms that have an unbranched trunk which is tall and arborescent or squat and tuberous with a large pith and starchy cortex and that bears a terminal crown of long pinnate leaves together with one or more very large cones — see cycadaceae

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