FAMILY EQUISETACEAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies

Synonyms:

Equisetaceae; family Equisetaceae; horsetail family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Equisetaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Equisetaceae"):

Equisetum; genus Equisetum (horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae)

Holonyms ("family Equisetaceae" is a member of...):

Equisetales; order Equisetales (lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian)