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CRYPTOGRAMMA

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

1. sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae

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

• CRYPTOGRAMMA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cryptogramma; genus Cryptogramma

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Cryptogramma"):

rock brake (dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns)

American parsley fern; American rock brake; Cryptogramma acrostichoides (rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley)

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

family Pteridaceae; Pteridaceae (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)

"Like water off a duck's back."
(English proverb)
"Wait horse for green grass."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"Want the horse to be the best, also want the horse not to eat any hay."
(Chinese proverb)
"To make an elephant out of a mosquito."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of Pteridaceae
Definition of Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Definition of fern genus
Definition of family Pteridaceae
Definition of rock brake

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