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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 rowsplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS MARATTIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS MARATTIA (noun)


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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