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LYGINOPTERIDALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Cycadofilicales; Lyginopteridales; order Cycadofilicales; order Lyginopteridales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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