Lepidocarpon

noun
Lep·​i·​do·​car·​pon

Definition of Lepidocarpon

: a form genus of Carboniferous fossil lycopsid plants (order Lepidodendrales) known from strobili with heterosporous megasporangia containing a single mature seedlike megaspore and three abortive megaspores that is sometimes considered to be on the ancestral line of true seed plants

History and Etymology for Lepidocarpon

New Latin, from lepid- + -carpon (from Greek karpos fruit)

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