- cycadeoid
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cycadeoid
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cycadeoid — noun Etymology: New Latin Cycadeoidales, group name, ultimately from Cycad , Cycas Date: 1860 any of a division (Cycadeoidophyta syn. Bennettitophyta) of extinct Jurassic to Cretaceous gymnosperms that differ from the cycadophytes chiefly in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
cycadeoid — Any of several extinct cycadophytes resembling a cycad in morphology but differing in the arrangement of the sporophylls; a member of the Order Bennettitales, Class Cycadeoideae … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
cycadeoid — sīˈkadēˌȯid, sə̇ˈ adjective Etymology: New Latin Cycadeoidea : resembling or related to a cycad or a plant of the fossil genus Cycadeoidea … Useful english dictionary
cycadophyte — ▪ plant Introduction any member of a diverse collection of mostly extinct primitive gymnospermous plants. They probably had their origins among the progymnosperms of the Devonian Period (416 to 359 million years ago), possibly among a… … Universalium
Bennettitales — Temporal range: Triassic to Cretaceous … Wikipedia
Cycadeoidophyta — ▪ gymnosperm division also called Bennettitophyta an extinct division of plants with certain features in common with cycads (division Pinophyta) and grouped with them and the seed ferns (division Pteridospermophyta). Both the cycadeoids… … Universalium
Bennettitales — Order of extinct cycadophytes resembling cycads in morphology but differing in the arrangement of the sporophylls. See also cycadeoid … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
Cycadeoideae — Class of plants in the Order Bennettitales that resemble cycads. See cycadeoid … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
