SINCE 1828
Macrostachya
noun
Mac·ro·stachya
| \ ˌmakrōstakēə, -tāk-\
Definition of Macrostachya
: a form genus of Paleozoic fossil plants based on strobiles that are now regarded as fructifications of plants of the genus Calamites
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