LECANOPTERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lecanopteris mean? 

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

1. any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LECANOPTERIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

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

genus Lecanopteris (epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea)