HyperDic: horsetail_family

English > 1 sense of the expression horsetail family:
NOUNplanthorsetail family, Equisetaceae, family Equisetaceaesole surviving family of the Equisetales
English > horsetail family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies.
SynonymsEquisetaceae, family Equisetaceae
Member ofEquisetales, order EquisetalesLower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian
MembersEquisetum, genus Equisetumhorsetails
Broaderfern familyfamilies of ferns and fern allies
Spanishequisetáceas
CatalanEquisetaceae

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