Mesofossil

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fossil of a small part of a plant, such as a fruit, leaf or seed.

    "The mesofossils are small, three-dimensional and charcoalified or lignitized and yield exquisite structural details when studied with scanning electron microscopy."

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"The mesofossils are small, three-dimensional and charcoalified or lignitized and yield exquisite structural details when studied with scanning electron microscopy."

Etymology

From meso- + fossil.

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