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Cycadaceae

noun
1.
Ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids.  Synonyms: cycad family, family Cycadaceae.





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... formation more than 300 species are known, equal to the number recorded as now living. They occur in all succeeding formations, being abundant in the Oolite, and excessively so in the Miocene, from which 250 species have been described. The allied family of gymnosperms, the Cycadaceae, first appear in the Carboniferous era, but very scantily; are most abundant in the Oolite, from which formation 116 species are known, and then steadily diminish to the Tertiary, although there are ...
— Darwinism (1889) • Alfred Russel Wallace
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Words linked to "Cycadaceae" :   gymnosperm family, Cycadales, Cycas, order Cycadales, family Cycadaceae, genus Cycas


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