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superclade

superclade noun: a clade that includes other clades.

Noun

superclade (plural superclades)

  1. A clade that includes other clades.
    • This latter superclade was strongly supported clade by BI analysis (PP = 1.00), while the clade (clades 13 + P. axillaris + clade 3) was strongly supported by the total (1.00/70) and plastid (1.00/89) datasets.2015 July 11, Wen-Bin Yu et al., “Towards a comprehensive phylogeny of the large temperate genus Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae), with an emphasis on species from the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains”, in BMC...

Forms of superclade

pluralsuperclades

Origin of superclade

From super- + clade.

Questions about superclade

What does superclade mean?
Superclade means a clade that includes other clades.
What part of speech is superclade?
Superclade is a noun.
What is the plural of superclade?
The plural of superclade is superclades.

Words near superclade in the dictionary

  1. supercivilisations
  2. supercivilised
  3. supercivilization
  4. supercivilizations
  5. supercivilized
  6. superclade
  7. superclades
  8. superclass
  9. superclassed
  10. superclasses
  11. superclassical

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