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These gymnosperms, related to the pines and spruces in structure and fruiting, but palmlike in their foliage, and uncoiling their long leaves after the manner of ferns, culminated in the Jurassic.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

They crossed now one edge of a shadow-filled forest composed principally of immense, pallid palmlike trees.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various

There were now palmlike cycads and many tropical conifers, though as yet there were no flowering plants and no grasses.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The specimen examined from four miles north of Jaumave was trapped in a xeric area in which the vegetation consisted of mesquite, high palmlike yuccas, and "lechugilla."

From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul

They walked across the green lawn and entered a jungle path, with bamboos and creeping plants on either side, and huge palmlike trees.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Bates, Harry