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ISOETALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales
Synonyms:
Isoetales; order Isoetales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Isoetales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Isoetales"):
family Isoetaceae; Isoetaceae; quillwort family (quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes)
Holonyms ("Isoetales" is a member of...):
class Lycopodiate; class Lycopsida; Lycopodiate; Lycopsida (club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta)