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SUBDIVISION TAXOPHYTINA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
Synonyms:
class Taxopsida; subdivision Taxophytina; Taxophytina; Taxopsida
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("subdivision Taxophytina" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Holonyms ("subdivision Taxophytina" 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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