1. coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales; [syn: Ginkgoales, order Ginkgoales]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ginkgoales
n 1: coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first
appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single
surviving species; often included in Coniferales [syn:
Ginkgoales, order Ginkgoales]