horsetail family

horsetail family
noun
sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
Hypernyms: ↑fern family
Member Holonyms: ↑Equisetales, ↑order Equisetales
Member Meronyms: ↑Equisetum, ↑genus Equisetum

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