CLASS GNETOPSIDA
Dictionary entry overview: What does class Gnetopsida mean?
• CLASS GNETOPSIDA (noun)
The noun CLASS GNETOPSIDA has 1 sense:
1. gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
Familiarity information: CLASS GNETOPSIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CLASS GNETOPSIDA (noun)
Meaning:
Gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
class Gnetopsida; Gnetophyta; Gnetophytina; Gnetopsida; subdivision Gnetophytina
Hypernyms ("class Gnetopsida" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "class Gnetopsida"):
Gnetales; order Gnetales (chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms)
Holonyms ("class Gnetopsida" is a member of...):
class Gymnospermae; division Gymnospermophyta; Gymnospermae; Gymnospermophyta (plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida))
