Isoetales

plural noun

Iso·​eta·​les

: an order of plants that is assigned to the class Lycopodineae or occasionally to the class Filicineae, is known to have existed since the Cenozoic, and comprises Isoetes and possibly various extinct genera

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Isoetes + -ales

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