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CYRTOMIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyrtomium mean?
• CYRTOMIUM (noun)
The noun CYRTOMIUM has 1 sense:
1. small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
Familiarity information: CYRTOMIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cyrtomium; genus Cyrtomium
Hypernyms ("Cyrtomium" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Holonyms ("Cyrtomium" is a member of...):
Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae (alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)
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