Archaeocalamites

noun

Ar·​chaeo·​calamites

: a genus of fossil plants related to Calamites, found in the oldest Carboniferous strata, and having large repeatedly dichotomous leaves and a strobilus like an equisetum

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from archae- + Calamites

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