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VITTARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vittaria mean?
• VITTARIA (noun)
The noun VITTARIA has 1 sense:
1. tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds
Familiarity information: VITTARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Vittaria; Vittaria
Hypernyms ("Vittaria" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Vittaria"):
grass fern; ribbon fern; Vittaria lineata (epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America)
Holonyms ("Vittaria" is a member of...):
family Vittariaceae; Vittariaceae (one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria)
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