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Lepidodendron


Lepˊi-do-den′dron

(-drŏn)
,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
λεπίσ
-ίδος
, a scale +
δένδρον
tree.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.

Definition 2024


Lepidodendron

Lepidodendron

Translingual

Proper noun

Lepidodendron n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lepidendraceae – the scale trees, now extinct.