DICKSONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dicksonia mean? 

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

1. tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DICKSONIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dicksonia; genus Dicksonia

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Dicksonia"):

Dicksonia antarctica; soft tree fern (of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates)

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

Dicksoniaceae; family Dicksoniaceae (tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans)