CYCLOPHORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyclophorus mean? 

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

1. tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYCLOPHORUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cyclophorus; genus Cyclophorus

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Holonyms ("Cyclophorus" 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))