genus cordaites

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   tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers

   SynonymsCordaites

   Broadergymnosperm genus

   Part ofCordaitaceae

Questions about genus cordaites

What does genus cordaites mean?

genus cordaites means "tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers".

What is another word for genus cordaites?

Close synonyms include Cordaites. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cordaites a common word?

genus cordaites is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.