from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Coniferophytina
n 1: 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) [syn: {Coniferopsida}, {class
Coniferopsida}, {Coniferophytina}, {subdivision
Coniferophytina}, {Coniferophyta}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coniferophyta \Coniferophyta\, Coniferophytina
\Coniferophytina\n.
a class of cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the
Carboniferous; most are substantial trees; it 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) and {Volztiales} (of the
Permian-Jurassic).
Syn: Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina,
subdivision Coniferophytina.
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