Lycopodiales

noun

lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae

• Syn: ↑order Lycopodiales

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lycopsida, ↑class Lycopsida, ↑Lycopodiate, ↑class Lycopodiate

• Member Meronyms: ↑Lycopodiaceae, ↑family Lycopodiaceae, ↑clubmoss family

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\\-ā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Lycopodium, genus of plants + -ales

: an order of plants (subdivision Lycopsida) coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae or extended to include also Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae

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Lycopōdiāˈlēs, Lycopodīˈnae or Lycopodinˈeae plural noun

One of the main branches of the Pteridophytes, usu with dichotomously branched stems and axillary sporangia, commonly in cones

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Main Entry: ↑lycopod