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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 Worldplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PYRROSIA (noun)


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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