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Glossopteris
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Translingual
Glossopteridaceae
Etymology
From mul fr Glossopteris, from mul grc γλῶσσα tongue + grc πτερίς fern.
Pronunciation
English: en /ɡlɒˈsɒptəɹɪs/ UK
Proper noun
†1 f
genus family Glossopteridaceae family extinct seed ferns found in fossils
en mul 2004 w:Richard Fortey The Earth 129 Folio Society 2011 We can put a Permian (about 275 million years) age on many of the Glossopteris fossils, and we know them well from Australia.