Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of fossil plants, of the class Gymnospermæ, containing the family Bennettitaceæ only, though further research may show that this should be divided into several families.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an order of fossil gymnospermous plans of the Carboniferous.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
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(sauropods) roamed the land, feeding on prairies of ferns and palm-like cycads and bennettitales.
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