genus matteuccia

English Thesaurus

1. small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fern genus,
definition	:	genera of ferns and fern allies (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	fiddlehead, matteuccia struthiopteris, onoclea struthiopteris, ostrich fern, pteretis struthiopteris, shuttlecock fern,
definition	:	tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	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)