Definition of Lesleya
:a genus of fossil plants of Carboniferous age and uncertain affinities that resemble ferns
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Lesleya
noun
Les·leya
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ˈleslēə
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ˈlezl-
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Origin and Etymology of lesleya
New Latin, from J. P. Lesley †1903 American geologist
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