BLECHNUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Blechnum mean? 

• BLECHNUM (noun)
  The noun BLECHNUM has 1 sense:

1. in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns

  Familiarity information: BLECHNUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLECHNUM (noun)

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Meaning:

In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Blechnum; genus Blechnum

Hypernyms ("Blechnum" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Blechnum"):

hard fern (any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum)

Holonyms ("Blechnum" is a member of...):

Blechnaceae; family Blechnaceae (one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia)