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FAMILY DAVALLIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Davalliaceae mean?
• FAMILY DAVALLIACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY DAVALLIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Familiarity information: FAMILY DAVALLIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("family Davalliaceae" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "family Davalliaceae"):
genus Davallia (Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae)
Holonyms ("family Davalliaceae" is a member of...):
class Filicinae; class Filicopsida; Filicinae; Filicopsida (ferns)
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