Aptiana

noun

Ap·​ti·​ana

ˌaptēˈanə,

-ˈä-,

-ˈȧ- also -ˈā-

: a genus of fossil plants of the Lower Cretaceous of England said to represent one of the earliest known ancestors of existing angiosperms

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary Aptian

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