noun
Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants
• Syn: ↑order Psilophytales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridophyta, ↑division Pteridophyta
• Member Meronyms: ↑psilophyte, ↑Psilophytaceae, ↑family Psilophytaceae, ↑Rhyniaceae, ↑family Rhyniaceae
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: an order of Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known land plants with vascular structure
Useful english dictionary. 2012.