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BOLBITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bolbitis mean?
• BOLBITIS (noun)
The noun BOLBITIS has 1 sense:
1. terrestrial or less than normally scandent ferns of tropical regions of northern hemisphere
Familiarity information: BOLBITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terrestrial or less than normally scandent ferns of tropical regions of northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bolbitis; genus Bolbitis
Hypernyms ("Bolbitis" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Holonyms ("Bolbitis" is a member of...):
family Lomariopsidaceae; Lomariopsidaceae (small family of usually scandent ferns)
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