CONIFEROPSIDA

Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta

(noun) cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

23 October 2024

CHANCY

(adjective) subject to accident or chance or change; “a chancy appeal at best”; “getting that job was definitely fluky”; “a fluky wind”; “an iffy proposition”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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