Lepidodendrales

plural noun

Lep·​i·​do·​den·​dra·​les

-ˌdenˈdrā(ˌ)lēz

: an order of arborescent fossil plants (class Lycopodineae) arising during the Lower Devonian, being a conspicuous floral element throughout the Carboniferous, and being characterized by dichotomous branching both in the formation of the crown and of the thick spreading rootlike supports see lepidodendraceae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Lepidodendron + -ales

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