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GENUS PYRROSIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pyrrosia mean?
• GENUS PYRROSIA (noun)
The noun GENUS PYRROSIA has 1 sense:
1. epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World
Familiarity information: GENUS PYRROSIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pyrrosia; Pyrrosia
Hypernyms ("genus Pyrrosia" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pyrrosia"):
Cyclophorus lingua; felt fern; Pyrrosia lingua; tongue fern (east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus)
Holonyms ("genus Pyrrosia" 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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