CYCADEOID


Meaning of CYCADEOID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sī-ˈka-dē-ˌȯid ]

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

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