Cycadeoidea
Definition of Cycadeoidea
: a genus of extinct gymnospermous plants of the Mesozoic era (family Cycadeoidaceae) having short stout trunks embedded with reproductive cones and covered in spirally arranged leaf bases and topped by a crown of large leaves with many divisions
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Origin and Etymology of cycadeoidea
New Latin, from Cycadeae (subfamily of Cycadaceae) (formerly used as synonym of Cycadaceae) (from Cycad-, Cycas, type genus + -eae) + -oidea
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