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LASTREOPSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lastreopsis mean?
• LASTREOPSIS (noun)
The noun LASTREOPSIS has 1 sense:
1. tropical terrestrial shield ferns
Familiarity information: LASTREOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical terrestrial shield ferns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Lastreopsis; Lastreopsis
Hypernyms ("Lastreopsis" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Holonyms ("Lastreopsis" is a member of...):
Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae (alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)
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