OSMUNDACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Osmundaceae mean? 

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

1. large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSMUNDACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Osmundaceae; Osmundaceae

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Osmundaceae"):

genus Osmunda (type genus of the Osmundaceae)

genus Leptopteris; Leptopteris (including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea)

genus Todea; Todea (a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae)

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

Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)