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CLASS GINKGOPHYTINA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision; used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta

Synonyms:

class Ginkgophytina; class Ginkgopsida; Ginkgophytina; Ginkgopsida; subdivision Ginkgophyta; subdivision Ginkgophytina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("class Ginkgophytina" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Ginkgophytina"):

Ginkgoales; order Ginkgoales (coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales)

Holonyms ("class Ginkgophytina" is a member of...):

class Gymnospermae; division Gymnospermophyta; Gymnospermae; Gymnospermophyta (plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida))

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