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GENUS BARTLE-FRERE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

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 Definition: [n]  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: Bartle Frere, green dinosaur
 
 See Also: dicot genus, family Proteaceae, magnoliopsid genus, protea family, Proteaceae

 

 

 

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