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Answer for the clue "Fossil arborescent plants arising during the Lower Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous ", 15 letters:
lepidodendrales

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Lepidodendrales \Lepidodendrales\ n. An order of fossil arborescent plants arising during the Lower Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous. Syn: order Lepidodendrales .

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Lepidodendrales (from Gr. "scale tree") were primitive, vascular, arborescent ( tree -like) plants related to the lycopsids ( club mosses ). They thrived during the Carboniferous period, and some reached heights of over 30 meters, with trunks often more ...