- Equisetales
- nounlower 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 pluralUsage: capitalized: 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.