English Explanatory Dictionary

asterophyllite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.

Word forms

asterophyllite asterophyllites

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?], meaning "star leaf".

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