Cladoxylon

noun

Cla·​dox·​y·​lon

kləˈdäksəˌlän

: a genus (the type of the family Cladoxylaceae) of Devonian to mid-Carboniferous fossil plants having dichotomously branched stems and leaves, each forking of the fertile segments bearing a single sporangium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from clad- + -xylon

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