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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large genus of fossil cycadean trunks of the family Bennettitaceæ, characterized by an axis consisting of a large medulla or pith, a woody zone usually of three exogenous layers or rings, and a very thick false bark or armor (see armor) in which the reproductive organs are buried.

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