ACROSTICHUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acrostichum mean? 

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

1. in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACROSTICHUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acrostichum; genus Acrostichum

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Acrostichum"):

Acrostichum aureum; golden fern; leather fern (stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides)

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

family Pteridaceae; Pteridaceae (one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided)