STENOCHLAENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stenochlaena mean? 

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

1. large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STENOCHLAENA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Stenochlaena; Stenochlaena

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

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

Blechnaceae; family Blechnaceae (one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia)