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GENUS PHYLLITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phyllitis mean?
• GENUS PHYLLITIS (noun)
The noun GENUS PHYLLITIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)
Familiarity information: GENUS PHYLLITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Phyllitis; genus Scolopendrium; Phyllitis
Hypernyms ("genus Phyllitis" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Holonyms ("genus Phyllitis" 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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