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Bothrodendron
noun
Both·ro·den·dron
\ˌbäthrōˈdendrən\
Definition of Bothrodendron
: a genus (the type of the family Bothrodendraceae) of Paleozoic plants somewhat resembling present-day club mosses of the genus Lycopodium and having characters intermediate between those of the fossil genera Lepidodendron and Sigillaria
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Origin and Etymology of bothrodendron
New Latin, from bothr- + -dendron
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