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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, an extinct genus of plants of the coal era, related to Lepidodendron.
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Get the passive student once into palæozoology, and he takes your other hard names -- your ichthyodorulite, trogontherium, lepidodendron, and bothrodendron -- for granted, contemplating them, indeed, with a kind of religious awe or devotional reverence.
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton
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