genus_bartle-frere | ||
1. | [ noun ] (biology,botany) a living fossil or so-called "green dinosaur": genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named | |
Synonyms: | green_dinosaur Bartle_Frere | |
Related terms: | dicot_genus Proteaceae | |
Similar spelling: |
genus_Bartramia genus_Sphaeralcea |