DAVALLIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Davalliaceae mean? 

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

1. one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAVALLIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Davalliaceae; family Davalliaceae

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Davalliaceae"):

genus Davallia (Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae)

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

class Filicinae; class Filicopsida; Filicinae; Filicopsida (ferns)