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STICHERUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sticherus mean?
• STICHERUS (noun)
The noun STICHERUS has 1 sense:
1. umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand
Familiarity information: STICHERUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Sticherus; Sticherus
Hypernyms ("Sticherus" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Sticherus"):
fan fern; Gleichenia flabellata; Sticherus flabellatus; umbrella fern (large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia)
Holonyms ("Sticherus" is a member of...):
family Gleicheniaceae; Gleicheniaceae (a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales)
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