HyperDic: coniferopsida

English > 1 sense of the word Coniferopsida:
NOUNplantConiferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophytacone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period
English > Coniferopsida: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders ... / orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian).
Synonymsclass Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta
Member ofGymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophytaplants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary
MembersConiferales, order Coniferalesprofusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves
Cordaitales, order CordaitalesExtinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable / comparable to or more advanced than cycads
Pinopsida, class Pinopsida, Pinophytina, subdivision PinophytinaMost conifers
Taxales, order Taxalescoextensive with the family Taxaceae
Taxopsida, class Taxopsida, Taxophytina, subdivision Taxophytinayews
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
SpanishConiferophyta, Coniferopsida

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