Crossotheca

noun

Cros·​so·​the·​ca

: a form genus of fossil plants that are known from fructifications bearing pendulous sporangia in epaulet-shaped clusters and occurring on pecopteroid plant remains and that are usually considered to be seed ferns

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cross- + -theca

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