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POLYBOTRIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Polybotria mean?
• POLYBOTRIA (noun)
The noun POLYBOTRIA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later
Familiarity information: POLYBOTRIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Polybotria; genus Polybotrya; Polybotria; Polybotrya
Hypernyms ("Polybotria" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Holonyms ("Polybotria" is a member of...):
Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae (alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)
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