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FAMILY OLEANDRACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Oleandraceae mean?
• FAMILY OLEANDRACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY OLEANDRACEAE has 1 sense:
1. one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Familiarity information: FAMILY OLEANDRACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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:
family Oleandraceae; Oleandraceae
Hypernyms ("family Oleandraceae" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "family Oleandraceae"):
genus Oleandra; Oleandra (or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns)
Arthropteris; genus Arthropteris (tropical and subtropical Old World epiphytic or lithophytic ferns)
genus Nephrolepis; Nephrolepis (small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae)
Holonyms ("family Oleandraceae" is a member of...):
Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)
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