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coenopterid

coenopterid noun: a fern of the Coenopteridale order, which is a taxon that is no longer used, but which used to represent ferns from the Devonian period into the Permian.

Noun

coenopterid (plural coenopterids)

  1. A fern of the Coenopteridale order, which is a taxon that is no longer used, but which used to represent ferns from the Devonian period into the Permian.
    • Indeed, many of the coenopterids show little distinction between stem and leaf, and protostelic axes are rather common.1962, Theodore Delevoryas, Morphology and Evolution of Fossil Plants, page 79
    • The Upper Devonian Rhacophyton until recently was considered a coenopterid fern […]1971, David W. Bierhorst, Morphology of Vascular Plants, page 123

Forms of coenopterid

pluralcoenopterids

Questions about coenopterid

What does coenopterid mean?
Coenopterid means a fern of the Coenopteridale order, which is a taxon that is no longer used, but which used to represent ferns from the Devonian period into the Permian.
What part of speech is coenopterid?
Coenopterid is a noun.
What is the plural of coenopterid?
The plural of coenopterid is coenopterids.

Words near coenopterid in the dictionary

  1. coenomegaspores
  2. coenomyiid
  3. coenomyiids
  4. coenopopulation
  5. coenopopulations
  6. coenopterid
  7. coenopterids
  8. coenosarc
  9. coenosarcal
  10. coenosarcs
  11. coenose

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