bəˌned.əˈtāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Bennettites, type genus + -aceae
: a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the order Bennettitales having strobili usually bisexual and the female sporophyll more reduced than that of the male
• ben·net·ti·ta·ceous ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷shəs adjective