LEPIDODENDRACEAE

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Meaning:

Fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk

Synonyms:

family Lepidodendraceae; Lepidodendraceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Lepidodendraceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Holonyms ("Lepidodendraceae" is a member of...):

Lepidodendrales; order Lepidodendrales (fossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous)

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