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GENUS LECANOPTERIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lecanopteris mean?
• GENUS LECANOPTERIS (noun)
The noun GENUS LECANOPTERIS has 1 sense:
1. epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea
Familiarity information: GENUS LECANOPTERIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Lecanopteris" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lecanopteris"):
lecanopteris (any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants)
Holonyms ("genus Lecanopteris" is a member of...):
family Polypodiaceae; Polypodiaceae (ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae))
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