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EQUISETALES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian

Synonyms:

Equisetales; order Equisetales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Equisetales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Equisetales"):

Equisetaceae; family Equisetaceae; horsetail family (sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies)

Holonyms ("Equisetales" is a member of...):

class Equisetatae; class Sphenopsida; Equisetatae; Sphenopsida (horsetails and related forms)

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