Cycadeoids

cy;cad;e;oid pronunciation: function: noun etymology: new latin cycadeoidales, group name, ultimately from cycad-, cycasdate: 1860 : any of a division (cycadeoidophyta syn. bennettitophyta) of extinct jurassic to cretaceous gymnosperms that differ from the cycadophytes chiefly in having the reproductive organs on the trunk embedded in a thick covering of bracts and scales