PLEUROSORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pleurosorus mean? 

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

1. small genus comprising terrestrial ferns; found in Chile and Spain and Morocco and Australia and New Zealand

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

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• PLEUROSORUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus comprising terrestrial ferns; found in Chile and Spain and Morocco and Australia and New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pleurosorus; Pleurosorus

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

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

Aspleniaceae; family Aspleniaceae (one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria)