EQUISETACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Equisetaceae mean? 

• EQUISETACEAE (noun)
  The noun EQUISETACEAE has 1 sense:

1. sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies

  Familiarity information: EQUISETACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUISETACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Equisetaceae; family Equisetaceae; horsetail family

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Equisetaceae"):

Equisetum; genus Equisetum (horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae)

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

Equisetales; order Equisetales (lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian)