cordaitaceae

Noun
  1. Chiefly Paleozoic plants;
    Cordaites is the chief and typical genus (synset 111627112)
    is a type of: gymnosperm family - a family of gymnosperms
    member holonym: cordaites, genus cordaites - tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers
    belongs to: cordaitales, order cordaitales - extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era
    same as: family cordaitaceae

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