DENNSTAEDTIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dennstaedtiaceae mean? 

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

1. one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENNSTAEDTIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dennstaedtiaceae; family Dennstaedtiaceae

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Dennstaedtiaceae"):

Dennstaedtia; genus Dennstaedtia (chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)

genus Pteridium; Pteridium (a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae)

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

class Filicinae; class Filicopsida; Filicinae; Filicopsida (ferns)