noun
fossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous
• Syn: ↑order Lepidodendrales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lycopsida, ↑class Lycopsida, ↑Lycopodiate, ↑class Lycopodiate
• Member Meronyms: ↑Lepidodendraceae, ↑family Lepidodendraceae
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\\-ˌdenˈdrā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of arborescent fossil plants (class Lycopodineae) arising during the Lower Devonian, being a conspicuous floral element throughout the Carboniferous, and being characterized by dichotomous branching both in the formation of the crown and of the thick spreading rootlike supports — see lepidodendraceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.