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GENUS STENOCHLAENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Stenochlaena mean?
• GENUS STENOCHLAENA (noun)
The noun GENUS STENOCHLAENA has 1 sense:
1. large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia
Familiarity information: GENUS STENOCHLAENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Stenochlaena; Stenochlaena
Hypernyms ("genus Stenochlaena" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Holonyms ("genus Stenochlaena" is a member of...):
Blechnaceae; family Blechnaceae (one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia)
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