Cycadofilicales

Cycadofilicales
noun
fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridospermopsida, ↑class Pteridospermopsida
• Member Meronyms: ↑Lyginopteris, ↑genus Lyginopteris

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\\|sīkə(ˌ)dō, |sik-+\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from cycado- (from Cycadales) + Filicales
: an order of fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants first known from the Devonian that had foliage like that of ferns, definite seeds borne on modified leaves rather than in strobili or cones, and secondary wood like the higher gymnosperms but primary wood resembling that of ferns — see seed fern

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  • Cycadofilicales — n. an order of fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns. Syn: order {Cycadofilicales}, Lyginopteridales, order {Lyginopteridales}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cycadofilicales — cy·ca·do·filicales …   English syllables

  • order Cycadofilicales — noun fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns • Syn: ↑Cycadofilicales, ↑Lyginopteridales, ↑order Lyginopteridales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridospermopsida, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • seed fern — noun an extinct seed producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae) • Syn: ↑pteridosperm • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm * * * noun : a plant or fossil of the order Cycadofilicales : pteridosperm * * * any of various… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lyginopteridales — n. An order of fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: the seed ferns. Syn: Cycadofilicales, order {Cycadofilicales}, order {Lyginopteridales}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fern — Synonyms and related words: Calamites, Cycadofilicales, Filicales, Selaginellaceae, Sigillaria, algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, calamite, climber, conferva, confervoid, creeper, cycadofilicales, diatom, equisetum, filicoids, fruits… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • class Pteridospermopsida — noun extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic: seed ferns and allies • Syn: ↑Pteridospermopsida • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Gymnospermae, ↑class Gymnospermae, ↑Gymnospermophyta, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Lyginopteris — noun genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous • Syn: ↑Lyginopteris • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cycadofilicales, ↑order Cycadofilicales, ↑Lyginopteridales, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lyginopteridales — noun fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns • Syn: ↑Cycadofilicales, ↑order Cycadofilicales, ↑order Lyginopteridales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridospermopsida …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lyginopteris — noun genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous • Syn: ↑genus Lyginopteris • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cycadofilicales, ↑order Cycadofilicales, ↑Lyginopteridales, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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