Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the genus Asterophyllites.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.
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- noun paleontology A
fossil plant from thecoal formations ofEurope andAmerica , now regarded as thebranchlets andfoliage ofcalamites .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, meaning "star leaf".
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