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PHEGOPTERIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Phegopteris mean?
• PHEGOPTERIS (noun)
The noun PHEGOPTERIS has 1 sense:
1. beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris
Familiarity information: PHEGOPTERIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Phegopteris; Phegopteris
Hypernyms ("Phegopteris" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Phegopteris"):
beech fern (any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds)
Holonyms ("Phegopteris" is a member of...):
family Thelypteridaceae; Thelypteridaceae (genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others)
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