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Answer for the clue "Primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms ", 9 letters:
cycadales

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''' Cycadales is an order of seed plants that includes all the extant Cycads . These plants typically have a stout and woody ( ligneous ) trunk with a crown of large, hard and stiff, evergreen leaves. They usually have pinnate leaves. The individual plants ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cycadales \Cycadales\ n. an order of primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms. Syn: order Cycadales .

Usage examples of cycadales.

He stood in silent reflection, drinking in the scents of the cypress and pines that surrounded the garden, admiring the play of light on clumps of shiny green cycadales, enjoying one last time the caress of the warm wind off the island-studded sea.