lycopod
| Any of a group of prehistoric spore-bearing plants that grew as large trees in Carboniferous forests. Lepidodendron had numerous small leaves spirally arranged on the stem, which made a diamond pattern on the bark; in Sigillaria the leaf-bases formed vertical lines on the ribbed trunk. |
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