noun
in some classifications included in Lycopodiales
• Syn: ↑order Selaginellales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lycopsida, ↑class Lycopsida, ↑Lycopodiate, ↑class Lycopodiate
• Member Meronyms: ↑Selaginellaceae, ↑family Selaginellaceae
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\\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_nəˈlā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of lower vascular plants (subclass Lycopodineae) that are sometimes included among the Lycopodiales from which they differ chiefly in having ligulate leaves, four-sided strobiles, and heterosporous reproduction and that are all placed in the single recent genus Selaginella
Useful english dictionary. 2012.