Lepidodendron

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

  Lepidodendron \Lep`i*do*den"dron\ (-dr[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + de`ndron tree.] (Paleon.)
     A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous
     ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in
     quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.
     [1913 Webster]