n. an order of primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms.
n.;
n. pl. [ from the older spelling Kamtschatka for Kamchatka. ] (Ethnol.) An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern part of the Kamchatka peninsula; called also
prop. n. A small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies: puffpalls; earthstars.
n. An order of fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: the seed ferns.
prop. n. An order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds, and including the families