Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LEP'I-DO-DEN-DRON
LEP'I-DO-DEN-DRON, n. [Gr. λεπιδιον, a scale, and δενδρον, tree.]
A fossil tree, so named from the scaly appearance of the stem, produced by the separation of the leaf stalks. – Mantell.
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