Bothrodendron

noun

Both·​ro·​den·​dron

ˌbäthrōˈdendrən

: a genus (the type of the family Bothrodendraceae) of Paleozoic plants somewhat resembling present-day club mosses of the genus Lycopodium and having characters intermediate between those of the fossil genera Lepidodendron and Sigillaria

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from bothr- + -dendron

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