family equisetaceae

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1. sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fern family,
definition	:	families of ferns and fern allies (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	equisetum, genus equisetum,
definition	:	horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	equisetales, order equisetales,
definition	:	lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian (noun.plant)