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PECOPTERIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pecopteris mean?
• PECOPTERIS (noun)
The noun PECOPTERIS has 1 sense:
1. Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb
Familiarity information: PECOPTERIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("pecopteris" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Holonyms ("pecopteris" is a member of...):
genus Pecopteris (genus of Carboniferous fossil ferns)
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