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cycadeoid

cycadeoid noun: any of the extinct plants of the order Bennettitales.

Noun

cycadeoid (plural cycadeoids)

  1. Any of the extinct plants of the order Bennettitales.
    • Like the cycads many cycadeoids have trunklike stems that are unbranched or sparsely branched and clothed in spirally arranged persistent leaf bases.1993, Wilson Nichols Stewart, Gar W. Rothwell, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants, page 350
    Synonyms:
    bennettitalean

Synonyms of cycadeoid

Forms of cycadeoid

pluralcycadeoids

Origin of cycadeoid

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Questions about cycadeoid

What does cycadeoid mean?
Cycadeoid means any of the extinct plants of the order Bennettitales.
What part of speech is cycadeoid?
Cycadeoid is a noun.
What is the plural of cycadeoid?
The plural of cycadeoid is cycadeoids.

Words near cycadeoid in the dictionary

  1. cycad
  2. cycad blue
  3. cycad blues
  4. cycadaceous
  5. cycadean
  6. cycadeoid
  7. cycadeoids
  8. cycadeous
  9. cycadian
  10. cycadians
  11. cycadlike

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