genus Bartle-Frere

genus Bartle-Frere
noun
a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named
Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Proteaceae, ↑family Proteaceae, ↑protea family

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  • Bartle Frere — noun a living fossil or so called green dinosaur ; genus or subfamily of primitive nut bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially… …   Useful english dictionary

  • dicot genus — noun genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid genus • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus, ↑hamamelid dicot genus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • magnoliopsid genus — noun genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑dicot genus • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus, ↑hamamelid dicot genus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • green dinosaur — noun a living fossil or so called green dinosaur ; genus or subfamily of primitive nut bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially… …   Useful english dictionary

  • family Proteaceae — noun large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales • Syn: ↑Proteaceae, ↑protea family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family… …   Useful english dictionary

  • protea family — noun large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales • Syn: ↑Proteaceae, ↑family Proteaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid… …   Useful english dictionary

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