MARATTIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marattiaceae mean? 

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

1. constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARATTIACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Marattiaceae; Marattiaceae

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Marattiaceae"):

genus Marattia; Marattia (type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows)

genus Angiopteris (one species: tree fern)

Danaea; genus Danaea (fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America)

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

Marattiales; order Marattiales (lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae)