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 having the reproductive organs on the trunk embedded in a thick external covering of bracts and scales