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FAMILY EQUISETACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Equisetaceae mean?
• FAMILY EQUISETACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY EQUISETACEAE has 1 sense:
1. sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
Familiarity information: FAMILY EQUISETACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Equisetaceae; family Equisetaceae; horsetail family
Hypernyms ("family Equisetaceae" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "family Equisetaceae"):
Equisetum; genus Equisetum (horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae)
Holonyms ("family Equisetaceae" is a member of...):
Equisetales; order Equisetales (lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian)
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