ISOETACEAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Isoetaceae mean? • ISOETACEAE (noun)
The noun ISOETACEAE has 1 sense:
1. quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes
Familiarity information: ISOETACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ISOETACEAE (noun)
Meaning:
Quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Isoetaceae; Isoetaceae; quillwort family
Hypernyms ("Isoetaceae" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Isoetaceae"):
genus Isoetes; Isoetes (type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales)
Holonyms ("Isoetaceae" is a member of...):
Isoetales; order Isoetales (aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales)
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