/ English Dictionary |
LYGINOPTERIDALES
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns
Synonyms:
Cycadofilicales; Lyginopteridales; order Cycadofilicales; order Lyginopteridales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lyginopteridales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Lyginopteridales"):
genus Lyginopteris; Lyginopteris (genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous)
Holonyms ("Lyginopteridales" is a member of...):
class Pteridospermopsida; Pteridospermopsida (extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic: seed ferns and allies)