SALVINIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salviniaceae mean? 

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

1. water ferns

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALVINIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water ferns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Salviniaceae; Salviniaceae

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Salviniaceae"):

genus Salvinia; Salvinia (type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns)

Azolla; genus Azolla (a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae)

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

class Filicinae; class Filicopsida; Filicinae; Filicopsida (ferns)