ISOETALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Isoetales mean? 

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

1. aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOETALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Isoetales; order Isoetales

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

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Isoetales"):

family Isoetaceae; Isoetaceae; quillwort family (quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes)

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

class Lycopodiate; class Lycopsida; Lycopodiate; Lycopsida (club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta)