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Pecopteris


Pe-cop′te-ris

(pē̍-kŏp′tē̍-rĭs)
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p
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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
πέκειν
to comb +
πετρίσ
a kind of fern.]
(Paleon.)
An extensive genus of fossil ferns; – so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.

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Pecopteris

Pecopteris

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Proper noun

Pecopteris f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Marattiaceae – a form genus of leaves of extinct ferns.

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