Coniferopsida (n)
class Coniferopsida (n)
Coniferophytina (n)
subdivision Coniferophytina (n)
Coniferophyta (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 20
def cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period
def most are substantial trees
def 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)
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Hypernym class
Member holonym Gymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta
Member meronym Cordaitales, order Cordaitales; Pinopsida, class Pinopsida, Pinophytina, subdivision Pinophytina; Coniferales, order Coniferales; Taxopsida, class Taxopsida, Taxophytina, subdivision Taxophytina; Taxales, order Taxales
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Hyponym class
Member meronym Gymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta
Member holonym Cordaitales, order Cordaitales; Pinopsida, class Pinopsida, Pinophytina, subdivision Pinophytina; Coniferales, order Coniferales; Taxopsida, class Taxopsida, Taxophytina, subdivision Taxophytina; Taxales, order Taxales

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