Akademik

Equisetales

noun

lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian

• Syn: ↑order Equisetales

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sphenopsida, ↑class Sphenopsida, ↑Equisetatae, ↑class Equisetatae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Equisetaceae, ↑family Equisetaceae, ↑horsetail family

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈtā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Equisetum + -ales

: an order of lower tracheophytes (subdivision Sphenopsida) that have the sporangiophores inserted directly on the axis and have existed since the Devonian — see calamariaceae, equisetaceae; compare archaeocalamites

Useful english dictionary. 2012.