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Definition of Seed fern
1. Noun. An extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae).
Definition of Seed fern
1. Noun. (botany) A plant of the ancient order Cycadofilicales, which had fronds like a fern and naked seeds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seed Fern
Literary usage of Seed fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"553 Apple seed, Pear seed, Orange seed, Barley seed, Coriander seed, Fern, Paprica,
Bean, Rye seed, Laurel nut /3. Rape oil group . ..."
2. The Evolution of Plants by Dukinfield Henry Scott (1911)
"... is a most striking fact; their connection with the Seed-fern stock must lie
very far back, in Lower Devonian times, if not earlier. ..."
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