PTERIS CRETICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pteris cretica mean? 

• PTERIS CRETICA (noun)
  The noun PTERIS CRETICA has 1 sense:

1. cultivated in many varieties as houseplants

  Familiarity information: PTERIS CRETICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTERIS CRETICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cultivated in many varieties as houseplants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pteris cretica" is a kind of...):

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Holonyms ("Pteris cretica" is a member of...):

genus Pteris; Pteris (large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae)