Lepidospermae

plural noun

Lep·​i·​do·​sper·​mae

-ˌmē

in some classifications

: a class of fossil pteridosperms resembling lepidodendrons but bearing seeds instead of megaspores

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from lepid- + -spermae

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