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GENUS ANGIOPTERIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Angiopteris mean?
• GENUS ANGIOPTERIS (noun)
The noun GENUS ANGIOPTERIS has 1 sense:
1. one species: tree fern
Familiarity information: GENUS ANGIOPTERIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: tree fern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Angiopteris" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Angiopteris"):
angiopteris; Angiopteris evecta; giant fern (highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall)
Holonyms ("genus Angiopteris" is a member of...):
family Marattiaceae; Marattiaceae (constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds)
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