genus cordaites

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1. tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	gymnosperm genus,
definition	:	a genus of gymnosperms (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cordaitaceae, family cordaitaceae,
definition	:	chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus (noun.plant)