HyperDic: family_cordaitaceae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Cordaitaceae:
NOUNplantfamily Cordaitaceae, Cordaitaceaechiefly Paleozoic plants
English > family Cordaitaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningchiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus.
SynonymCordaitaceae
Member ofCordaitales, order CordaitalesExtinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable / comparable to or more advanced than cycads
MembersCordaites, genus Cordaitestall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines
Broadergymnosperm familyA family of gymnosperms
Spanishcordaitáceas
Catalancordaïtàcies

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