CETERACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ceterach mean? 

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

1. small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CETERACH (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceterach; genus Ceterach

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

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

family Polypodiaceae; Polypodiaceae (ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae))