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GENUS PHLEBODIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phlebodium mean? 

GENUS PHLEBODIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS PHLEBODIUM has 1 sense:

1. chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing soriplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PHLEBODIUM (noun)


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Meaning:

Chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Phlebodium; Phlebodium

Hypernyms ("genus Phlebodium" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phlebodium"):

golden polypody; Phlebodium aureum; Polypodium aureum; rabbit's-foot fern; serpent fern (tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium)

Holonyms ("genus Phlebodium" 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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