bennettitalean

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bennettitalean (plural bennettitaleans)

  1. (zoology) Any of the extinct plants of the order Bennettitales.
    Synonym: cycadeoid
    • 1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time: Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals:
      Most bennettitalean foliage shows xeromorphic features such as small, reflexed pinnae, sunken stomata, and papillae or hairs on the leaf surfaces.

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