CORDAITES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers

Synonyms:

Cordaites; genus Cordaites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

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

Cordaitaceae; family Cordaitaceae (chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus)

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