Definition of Sigillaria. Meaning of Sigillaria. Synonyms of Sigillaria

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Definition of Sigillaria

Sigillaria
Sigillaria Sig`il*la"ri*a, n. pl. [L., from sigillum a seal. See Sigil.] (Rom. Antic.) Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.
Sigillaria
Sigillaria Sig`il*la"ri*a, n. [NL., fem sing. fr. L. sigillum a seal.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.

Meaning of Sigillaria from wikipedia

- Sigillaria is a genus of extinct, spore-bearing, arborescent lycophyte, known from the Carboniferous and Permian periods. It is related to the more famous...
- ancient Roman culture, sigillaria were pottery or wax figurines given as traditional gifts during the Saturnalia. Sigillaria as a proper noun was also...
- usually gag gifts or small figurines made of wax or pottery known as sigillaria. The poet Catullus called it "the best of days". Saturnalia was the Roman...
- the leaves of Lepidodendron species are indistinguishable from those of Sigillaria species. The decurrent leaves formed a cylindrical s**** around branches...
- lycopsid trees. Some of the characteristic plants of the coal forests were: Sigillaria Lepidodendron Calamites pteridosperms Genera recorded in Great Britain...
- significantly. During the Carboniferous, tree-like plants (such as Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, and other extinct genera of the order Lepidodendrales) formed huge forests...
- (Schult. f.) Farw. Sigillaria angustifolia (Pursh) Raf. Sigillaria biflora (Walter) Raf. Sigillaria canaliculata (Willd.) Raf. Sigillaria elliptica Raf....
- Ancient in situ lycopsid, probably Sigillaria, with attached stigmarian roots. Specimen is from the Joggins Formation (Pennsylvanian), ****berland Basin...
- the underground rooting structures of arborescent lycophytes such as Sigillaria and Lepidodendron under the order Lepidodendrales. The Paleozoic swamps...
- swamp-loving lycopod trees of the Carboniferous, such as Lepidodendron and Sigillaria, were progressively replaced in the continental interior by the more advanced...