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Meaning of PECOPTERIS

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb
 

PECOPTERIS is a 10 letter word that starts with P.

 

 See Also: fern, genus Pecopteris

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pe*cop"te*ris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to comb + ? a
kind of fern.] (Paleon.)
An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the
regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.

 

 

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