Hypernym

noun

the order of plants

Member_meronym

Coniferopsida 1

noun

cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian)

Cordaitaceae 1

noun

chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus

Cordaitales 1

noundomain: plant

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era

Synonyms

order Cordaitales 1
extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era

Member_holonym

Coniferopsida 1

noun

Cordaitaceae 1

noun

chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus