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CULCITA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Culcita mean? 

CULCITA (noun)
  The noun CULCITA has 1 sense:

1. includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islandsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CULCITA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Culcita; genus Culcita

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Culcita"):

Culcita dubia; false bracken (resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland, Australia)

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

Dicksoniaceae; family Dicksoniaceae (tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans)


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