FAMILY CYATHEACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Cyatheaceae mean? 

• FAMILY CYATHEACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CYATHEACEAE has 1 sense:

1. tropical tree ferns

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CYATHEACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CYATHEACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical tree ferns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cyatheaceae; family Cyatheaceae

Hypernyms ("family Cyatheaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Cyatheaceae"):

Cyathea; genus Cyathea (type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands)

Holonyms ("family Cyatheaceae" is a member of...):

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