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ORDER BENNETTITALES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order Bennettitales mean?
• ORDER BENNETTITALES (noun)
The noun ORDER BENNETTITALES has 1 sense:
1. fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
Familiarity information: ORDER BENNETTITALES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bennettitales; order Bennettitales
Hypernyms ("order Bennettitales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "order Bennettitales"):
Bennettitaceae; family Bennettitaceae (a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous)
Holonyms ("order Bennettitales" is a member of...):
class Cycadopsida; Cycadophyta; Cycadophytina; Cycadopsida; subdivision Cycadophyta; subdivision Cycadophytina (palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta))
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