Definition of Equisetaceae

1. Noun. Sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies.

Exact synonyms: Family Equisetaceae, Horsetail Family
Generic synonyms: Fern Family
Group relationships: Equisetales, Order Equisetales
Member holonyms: Equisetum, Genus Equisetum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equisetaceae

Eptesicus fuscus
Eptesicus serotinus
Eq
Equador laurel
Equality State
Equanil
Equator
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea monetary unit
Equatorial Guinean
Equatorial Guineans
Equetus
Equetus lanceolatus
Equetus pulcher
Equipoise
Equisetaceae
Equisetales
Equisetatae
Equisetum Sylvaticum
Equisetum arvense
Equisetum fluviatile
Equisetum hyemale
Equisetum hyemale robustum
Equisetum palustre
Equisetum robustum
Equisetum variegatum
Equuleus
Equus Burchelli
Equus asinus
Equus caballus

Literary usage of Equisetaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"... south to Florida, Arizona and Mexico. Also in tropical America. Naturalized in lakes on Staten Island, NY Family 8. equisetaceae Michx. Fl. Bor. ..."

2. Fossil Plants: A Text-book for Students of Botany and Geology by Albert Charles Seward (1898)
"equisetaceae. (Recent Species.) The leaves are in whorls, coherent in the form of a sheath, and traversed by longitudinal veins which do not fork or anasto- ..."

3. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1905)
"... regard as somewhat modified rhizoids serving the purpose of taking up water, although they do not enter the soil. B. THE GAMETOPHYTE OF equisetaceae. ..."

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