Cheirostrobus

noun

Chei·​ros·​tro·​bus

kīˈrästrəbəs

: a form genus of sphenopsid fossil plants based on only the strobilus which consists of numerous crowded verticils of sporophylls, each sporophyll being divided in two planes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from chir- + Latin strobus labdanum

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