PECOPTERIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

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

genus Pecopteris (genus of Carboniferous fossil ferns)

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