| NOUN | plant | subdivision Cycadophyta, Cycadopsida, class Cycadopsida, Cycadophytina, subdivision Cycadophytina, Cycadophyta | palmlike gymnosperms |
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| Meaning | palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta). | |
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| Synonyms | Cycadopsida, class Cycadopsida, Cycadophytina, subdivision Cycadophytina, Cycadophyta | |
| Member of | Gymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta | plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary |
| Members | Bennettitales, order Bennettitales | fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous |
| Cycadales, order Cycadales | Primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms | |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
| Spanish | cicadófitos | |
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