equisetoid

[ ek-wuh-see-toid ]

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noun

any plant of the phylum or division Equisetophyta (or Sphenopsida), including the horsetails and many extinct species of the Carboniferous Period.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of equisetoid¹

< New Latin Equiset ( um ) equisetum + -oid

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The same Artemisioid is also the chief plant on all the hills: it is mixed, but in small quantities with Cerasus pygmæus, Equisetoid, Caragana, and one or two shrubby Labiatæ; and also especially above, with a curious Astragaloid looking plant.

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equirotal equisetum

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