Bartle Frere (Noun)
Meaning
A living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The bartle frere tree is a relic of the past that miraculously still thrives today.
- Researchers consider the bartle frere to be a green dinosaur, one that should have become extinct long ago.
- It took over a century for the rare bartle frere tree to be discovered, its unique species now classified but awaiting a name.
- Many speculate about how this singular bartle frere tree, dating back 50 million years, was able to adapt to an environment which underwent dramatic change.
- Until a specimen of bartle frere was unearthed on Mount Bartle Frere, there were serious doubts the trees were more than myth and folklore.