lepidostrobus

noun

lep·​i·​dos·​tro·​bus

-ˈdästrəbəs

plural -es

: a fossil composed of a large cluster of spirally arranged imbricated sporophylls and described originally as belonging to a form genus of the same name but now believed to represent the fructification of a plant of the genus Lepidodendron

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from lepid- + Greek strobos act of whirling round

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