Glossopteris
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom French Glossopteris, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”) + πτερίς (pterís, “fern”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit†Glossopteris f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Glossopteridaceae – extinct seed ferns found in fossils.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth (in English), Folio Society, published 2011, page 129:
- We can put a Permian (about 275 million years) age on many of the Glossopteris fossils, and we know them well from Australia.