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    FAMILY ISOETACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Isoetaceae; Isoetaceae; quillwort family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Isoetaceae" is a kind of...):

    fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

    Meronyms (members of "family Isoetaceae"):

    genus Isoetes; Isoetes (type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales)

    Holonyms ("family Isoetaceae" is a member of...):

    Isoetales; order Isoetales (aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales)

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