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CORDAITES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cordaites mean?
• CORDAITES (noun)
The noun CORDAITES has 1 sense:
1. tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers
Familiarity information: CORDAITES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cordaites; genus Cordaites
Hypernyms ("Cordaites" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Holonyms ("Cordaites" is a member of...):
Cordaitaceae; family Cordaitaceae (chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus)
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