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cor·dai·tes
\ˌkȯ(r)dāˈīd.ˌēz, kȯ(r)ˈdīd.-\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from August K.J.Corda died 1849 Bohemian botanist + Latin -ites -ite
: the type genus of Cordaitaceae comprising tall Paleozoic forest trees that superficially resembled the modern screw pines but structurally were intermediate in some respects between the cycadophytes and the more advanced coniferophytes |