fern family
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1. families of ferns and fern allies (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | family, |
definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | family hymenophyllaceae, hymenophyllaceae, |
definition | : | terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family osmundaceae, osmundaceae, |
definition | : | large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family schizaeaceae, schizaeaceae, |
definition | : | small family of mainly tropical ferns (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family marsileaceae, marsileaceae, |
definition | : | clover ferns (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family salviniaceae, salviniaceae, |
definition | : | water ferns (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | azollaceae, family azollaceae, |
definition | : | used in some classifications for the genus Azolla (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family ophioglossaceae, ophioglossaceae, |
definition | : | a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family gleicheniaceae, gleicheniaceae, |
definition | : | a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family parkeriaceae, parkeriaceae, |
definition | : | coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family polypodiaceae, polypodiaceae, |
definition | : | ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae) (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | adiantaceae, family adiantaceae, |
definition | : | used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae) (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family vittariaceae, vittariaceae, |
definition | : | one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | aspleniaceae, family aspleniaceae, |
definition | : | one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | blechnaceae, family blechnaceae, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cyatheaceae, family cyatheaceae, |
definition | : | tropical tree ferns (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | davalliaceae, family davalliaceae, |
definition | : | one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | dennstaedtiaceae, family dennstaedtiaceae, |
definition | : | one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | dicksoniaceae, family dicksoniaceae, |
definition | : | tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | athyriaceae, dryopteridaceae, family athyriaceae, family dryopteridaceae, |
definition | : | alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family lomariopsidaceae, lomariopsidaceae, |
definition | : | small family of usually scandent ferns (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family lophosoriaceae, lophosoriaceae, |
definition | : | very small family of tree ferns (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family loxomataceae, loxomataceae, |
definition | : | very small family of New Zealand ferns (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family oleandraceae, oleandraceae, |
definition | : | one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family pteridaceae, pteridaceae, |
definition | : | one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family marattiaceae, marattiaceae, |
definition | : | constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family psilotaceae, psilotaceae, |
definition | : | small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family psilophytaceae, psilophytaceae, |
definition | : | Paleozoic plants (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family rhyniaceae, rhyniaceae, |
definition | : | primitive plants of the Paleozoic (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | equisetaceae, family equisetaceae, horsetail family, |
definition | : | sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family lepidodendraceae, lepidodendraceae, |
definition | : | fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | clubmoss family, family lycopodiaceae, lycopodiaceae, |
definition | : | a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family selaginellaceae, selaginellaceae, |
definition | : | lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family isoetaceae, isoetaceae, quillwort family, |
definition | : | quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cryptogrammataceae, family cryptogrammataceae, |
definition | : | one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | family thelypteridaceae, thelypteridaceae, |
definition | : | genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | division pteridophyta, pteridophyta, |
definition | : | containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta (noun.plant) |
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