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CORDAITALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic eraplay

Synonyms:

Cordaitales; order Cordaitales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cordaitales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Cordaitales"):

Cordaitaceae; family Cordaitaceae (chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus)

Holonyms ("Cordaitales" is a member of...):

class Coniferopsida; Coniferophyta; Coniferophytina; Coniferopsida; subdivision Coniferophytina (cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian))

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