Mazocarpon

noun

Mazo·​car·​pon

ˌmāzōˈkärˌpän,

ˌmaz-,

-pən

: a form genus of paleozoic fossil plants originally described from sporangia alone and now included in Sigillariostrobus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin mazo- (from Greek, from maza lump, mass, barley cake) + -carpon (from Greek -karpon, neuter of -karpos -carpous)

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