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STICHERUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sticherus mean? 

STICHERUS (noun)
  The noun STICHERUS has 1 sense:

1. umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealandplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


STICHERUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sticherus; Sticherus

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Sticherus"):

fan fern; Gleichenia flabellata; Sticherus flabellatus; umbrella fern (large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia)

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

family Gleicheniaceae; Gleicheniaceae (a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales)


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