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EQUISETALES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Equisetales mean?
• EQUISETALES (noun)
The noun EQUISETALES has 1 sense:
1. lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian
Familiarity information: EQUISETALES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Equisetales; order Equisetales
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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