ISOETACEAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes

Synonyms:

family Isoetaceae; Isoetaceae; quillwort family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Isoetaceae"):

genus Isoetes; Isoetes (type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales)

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

Isoetales; order Isoetales (aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales)