gnetal

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Etymology

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From translingual Gnetales.

Noun

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gnetal (plural gnetals)

  1. (botany) Any species of the order Gnetales of relict gymnosperms.
    Synonym: gnetophyte
    • 1959, AIBS Bulletin, Volumes 9-12, American Institute of Biological Sciences, page 38:
      It[the publicised book] provides a complete coverage of the evolutionary approach to the major plant groups and discusses such special subjects as details on water ferns, gnetals, cyiads,[sic] the principal fungous groups, and slime molds.

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Adjective

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gnetal (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Of or pertaining to the species of the order Gnetales.
    • 1918, John Muirhead Macfarlane, The Causes and Course of Organic Evolution, page 371:
      As we already have had occasion to remark for the gnetal and casuarinal alliances, a ½ floral symmetry is evidently an ancient one for that phylum.

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Noun

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gnetal m (plural gnetales)

  1. gnetophyte