Cooksonioid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cooksonioid is a noun meaning (paleobiology) A plant having features like those of the extinct genus Cooksonia.
Meaning
(paleobiology) A plant having features like those of the extinct genus Cooksonia.
Example Sentences
Whether bryophytes actually arose from such a cooksonioid ancestor (see Miller 1982) needs to be addressed further.
A previous study had suggested a minimum size limit below which cooksonioid plants could not have functioned as photosynthetically independent plants.
Word Forms
- cooksonioids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include synthetocerine, lycopodite, coenopterid, cono, citroid, paleodicots.
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