CHRISTELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does christella mean? 

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

1. any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRISTELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds

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Nouns denoting plants

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

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

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

genus Christella (medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical forests of Old World to Americas)