noun
palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta)
• Syn: ↑class Cycadopsida, ↑Cycadophytina, ↑subdivision Cycadophytina, ↑Cycadophyta, ↑subdivision Cycadophyta
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gymnospermae, ↑class Gymnospermae, ↑Gymnospermophyta, ↑division Gymnospermophyta
• Member Meronyms: ↑Cycadales, ↑order Cycadales, ↑Bennettitales, ↑order Bennettitales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.