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GENUS EQUISETUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae

Synonyms:

Equisetum; genus Equisetum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Equisetum" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Equisetum"):

horsetail (perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America)

Holonyms ("genus Equisetum" is a member of...):

Equisetaceae; family Equisetaceae; horsetail family (sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies)

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