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LYCOPODIALES

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Lycopodiales; order Lycopodiales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Lycopodiales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Lycopodiales"):

clubmoss family; family Lycopodiaceae; Lycopodiaceae (a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales)

Holonyms ("Lycopodiales" is a member of...):

class Lycopodiate; class Lycopsida; Lycopodiate; Lycopsida (club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta)

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