LYGINOPTERIDALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lyginopteridales mean? 

• LYGINOPTERIDALES (noun)
  The noun LYGINOPTERIDALES has 1 sense:

1. fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns

  Familiarity information: LYGINOPTERIDALES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYGINOPTERIDALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cycadofilicales; Lyginopteridales; order Cycadofilicales; order Lyginopteridales

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)