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FAMILY MARATTIACEAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Marattiaceae mean?

• FAMILY MARATTIACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MARATTIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds

Familiarity information: FAMILY MARATTIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY MARATTIACEAE (noun)

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family Marattiaceae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Marattiaceae; Marattiaceae

Hypernyms ("family Marattiaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Marattiaceae"):

genus Marattia; Marattia (type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows)

genus Angiopteris (one species: tree fern)

Danaea; genus Danaea (fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America)

Holonyms ("family Marattiaceae" is a member of...):

Marattiales; order Marattiales (lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae)

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FAMILY MARATTIACEAE: related words searches

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