ISOETES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Isoetes mean? 

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

1. type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOETES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Isoetes; Isoetes

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Isoetes"):

quillwort (any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesia)

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

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