genus isoetes

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1. type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fern genus,
definition	:	genera of ferns and fern allies (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	quillwort,
definition	:	any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesia (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family isoetaceae, isoetaceae, quillwort family,
definition	:	quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes (noun.plant)