HyperDic: genus_cordaites

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cordaites:
NOUNplantgenus Cordaites, Cordaitestall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines
English > genus Cordaites: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers.
SynonymCordaites
Member ofCordaitaceae, family Cordaitaceaechiefly Paleozoic plants
Broadergymnosperm genusA genus of gymnosperms
Spanishcordaites, genus cordaites
Catalancordaites, cordaïtes, genus cordaites

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