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MARATTIALES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Marattiales mean?
• MARATTIALES (noun)
The noun MARATTIALES has 1 sense:
1. lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
Familiarity information: MARATTIALES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Marattiales; order Marattiales
Hypernyms ("Marattiales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Marattiales"):
family Marattiaceae; Marattiaceae (constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds)
Holonyms ("Marattiales" is a member of...):
class Filicinae; class Filicopsida; Filicinae; Filicopsida (ferns)
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