different between cycad vs gnetophyte

English

From New Latin Cycas (“genus of tropical trees”)

cycad (plural cycads)

(botany) Any plant of the division Cycadophyta, having a stout and woody trunk with a crown of large, hard and stiff, evergreen leaves.

gnetophyte (plural gnetophytes)

Any of the plant division Gnetophyta, consisting of woody plants that differ from other gymnosperms in having vessel elements (which transport water within the plant) as found in flowering plants.

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