GLEICHENIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gleicheniaceae mean? 

• GLEICHENIACEAE (noun)
  The noun GLEICHENIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales

  Familiarity information: GLEICHENIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLEICHENIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of ferns belonging to order Filicales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Gleicheniaceae; Gleicheniaceae

Hypernyms ("Gleicheniaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Gleicheniaceae"):

genus Gleichenia; Gleichenia (type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia; South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand)

Dicranopteris; genus Dicranopteris (terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground; pantropical)

Diplopterygium; genus Diplopterygium (scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific)

genus Sticherus; Sticherus (umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand)

Holonyms ("Gleicheniaceae" is a member of...):

Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)