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asterophyllite

asterophyllite noun: a fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.

Noun

asterophyllite (plural asterophyllites)

  1. A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.

Forms of asterophyllite

pluralasterophyllites

Origin of asterophyllite

Ancient Greek [Term?], meaning "star leaf".

Questions about asterophyllite

What does asterophyllite mean?
Asterophyllite means a fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.
What part of speech is asterophyllite?
Asterophyllite is a noun.
What is the plural of asterophyllite?
The plural of asterophyllite is asterophyllites.

Words near asterophyllite in the dictionary

  1. asteronym
  2. asteronyms
  3. Asterope
  4. asterophryine
  5. asterophryines
  6. asterophyllite
  7. asterophyllites
  8. asteropygid
  9. asteropyginid
  10. asterosaponin
  11. asteroseismic

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