order Cordaitales

order Cordaitales
noun
extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era
Syn: ↑Cordaitales
Hypernyms: ↑plant order
Member Meronyms: ↑Cordaitaceae, ↑family Cordaitaceae

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