CRYPTOGRAMMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cryptogramma mean? 

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

1. sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYPTOGRAMMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cryptogramma; genus Cryptogramma

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Cryptogramma"):

rock brake (dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns)

American parsley fern; American rock brake; Cryptogramma acrostichoides (rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley)

Holonyms ("Cryptogramma" 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)