Rhabdocarpus

noun

Rhab·​do·​car·​pus

-pəs

: a form genus of Paleozoic fossil plants based on seeds and now known to belong for the most part to the genus Cordaites

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from rhabd- + -carpus

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