Asterophyllite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asterophyllite \As`ter*oph"yl*lite\
     ([a^]s`t[~e]r*[o^]f"[i^]l*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. 'asth`r star +
     fy`llon leaf.] (Paleon.)
     A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and
     America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of
     calamites.


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