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glossopteris|glɒˈsɒptərɪs|
[a. F. Glossopteris (A. Brongniart 1822, in Mém. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris VIII. 232), f. Gr. γλωσσο-, γλῶσσα tongue + πτερίς fern.]
A fossil fern belonging to the genus so named. Also attrib.
1883Encycl. Brit. XX. 173/1 The northern coal-fields [in Queensland] display the Glossopteris, [etc.]. 1897A. C. Seward in Science Progress VI. 178 The Glossopteris Flora; an extinct flora of a Southern Hemisphere Continent. 1905E. A. N. Arber Catal. Fossil Plants Glossopteris Flora Brit. Mus.—N.H. p. xviii, This flora is especially characterised by the frequent occurrence of Glossopteris, a fern-like plant not only of wide distribution but often found in..extreme abundance. 1912J. W. Gregory Making of Earth iii. x. 184 Glossopteris was a fern or fern⁓like plant with large blunt leaves, each of which has a prominent midrib. 1956Nature 11 Feb. 337/2 The sorus⁓like body borne by a Glossopteris. |