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sphenopsid

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sphe⋅nop⋅sid

  [sfi-nop-sid]
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–noun
equisetoid.
Origin:
1955–60; < NL Sphenopsida the order which includes horsetails; see sphen-, -opsis, -id 2

eq⋅ui⋅se⋅toid

  [ek-wuh-see-toid]
–noun
any plant of the phylum or division Equisetophyta (or Sphenopsida), including the horsetails and many extinct species of the Carboniferous Period.
Also called sphenopsid.

Origin:
< NL Equiset(um) equisetum + -oid
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