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lepidodendron
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lepidodendron, n. [NL., fr. Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + de`ndron tree.].
A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks. [1913 Webster]
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