noun
most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
• Syn: ↑Pinopsida, ↑Pinophytina, ↑subdivision Pinophytina
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Coniferopsida, ↑class Coniferopsida, ↑Coniferophytina, ↑subdivision Coniferophytina, ↑Coniferophyta
Useful english dictionary. 2012.