CLASS PINOPSIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Pinopsida mean? 

• CLASS PINOPSIDA (noun)
  The noun CLASS PINOPSIDA has 1 sense:

1. most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta

  Familiarity information: CLASS PINOPSIDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASS PINOPSIDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

class Pinopsida; Pinophytina; Pinopsida; subdivision Pinophytina

Hypernyms ("class Pinopsida" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Holonyms ("class Pinopsida" 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))