PARATHELYPTERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parathelypteris mean? 

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

1. terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARATHELYPTERIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Parathelypteris; Parathelypteris

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Parathelypteris"):

Dryopteris noveboracensis; New York fern; Parathelypteris novae-boracensis (slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris)

Massachusetts fern; Parathelypteris simulata; Thelypteris simulata (delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris)

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

family Thelypteridaceae; Thelypteridaceae (genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others)