VITTARIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vittariaceae mean? 

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

1. one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VITTARIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Vittariaceae; Vittariaceae

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Vittariaceae"):

genus Vittaria; Vittaria (tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds)

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

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