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GENUS MARATTIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Marattia mean?
• GENUS MARATTIA (noun)
The noun GENUS MARATTIA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows
Familiarity information: GENUS MARATTIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Marattia; Marattia
Hypernyms ("genus Marattia" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Marattia"):
Marattia salicina; potato fern (large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people)
Holonyms ("genus Marattia" is a member of...):
family Marattiaceae; Marattiaceae (constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds)
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