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GENUS EQUISETUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Equisetum mean?
• GENUS EQUISETUM (noun)
The noun GENUS EQUISETUM has 1 sense:
1. horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS EQUISETUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Equisetum; genus Equisetum
Hypernyms ("genus Equisetum" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Equisetum"):
horsetail (perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America)
Holonyms ("genus Equisetum" is a member of...):
Equisetaceae; family Equisetaceae; horsetail family (sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies)
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