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BENNETTITALES

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous

Synonyms:

Bennettitales; order Bennettitales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Bennettitales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Bennettitales"):

Bennettitaceae; family Bennettitaceae (a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous)

Holonyms ("Bennettitales" is a member of...):

class Cycadopsida; Cycadophyta; Cycadophytina; Cycadopsida; subdivision Cycadophyta; subdivision Cycadophytina (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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