ORDER EQUISETALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Equisetales mean? 

• ORDER EQUISETALES (noun)
  The noun ORDER EQUISETALES has 1 sense:

1. lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian

  Familiarity information: ORDER EQUISETALES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER EQUISETALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Equisetales; order Equisetales

Hypernyms ("order Equisetales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "order Equisetales"):

Equisetaceae; family Equisetaceae; horsetail family (sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies)

Holonyms ("order Equisetales" is a member of...):

class Equisetatae; class Sphenopsida; Equisetatae; Sphenopsida (horsetails and related forms)