FAMILY THELYPTERIDACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Thelypteridaceae mean? 

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

1. genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY THELYPTERIDACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Thelypteridaceae; Thelypteridaceae

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Thelypteridaceae"):

genus Thelypteris; Thelypteris (marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae)

Amauropelta; genus Amauropelta (epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and Polynesia)

genus Christella (medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical forests of Old World to Americas)

Cyclosorus; genus Cyclosorus (small genus of terrestrial ferns of tropical and subtropical southern hemisphere)

genus Macrothelypteris; Macrothelypteris (medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia to Polynesia and Australia; naturalized in Americas)

genus Meniscium; Meniscium (terrestrial ferns of tropical Americas)

genus Oreopteris; Oreopteris (3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris)

genus Parathelypteris; Parathelypteris (terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America)

genus Phegopteris; Phegopteris (beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris)

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

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