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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In paleontology, a fossil plant found in eozoic rocks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.
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- noun biology A
fossil plant from theSilurian age
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ἠώς ("early in the day") + -phyte
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