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Noun: pecopteris
  1. Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb
    "Pecopteris fossils provide evidence of ancient fern-like plants from the Carboniferous period"

Type of: fern

Part of: genus Pecopteris

Encyclopedia: Pecopteris