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HORSETAIL FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
Synonyms:
Equisetaceae; family Equisetaceae; horsetail family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("horsetail family" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "horsetail family"):
Equisetum; genus Equisetum (horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae)
Holonyms ("horsetail family" is a member of...):
Equisetales; order Equisetales (lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian)
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