GENUS CERATOPTERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ceratopteris mean? 

• GENUS CERATOPTERIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CERATOPTERIS has 1 sense:

1. water ferns

  Familiarity information: GENUS CERATOPTERIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CERATOPTERIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water ferns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceratopteris; genus Ceratopteris

Hypernyms ("genus Ceratopteris" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ceratopteris"):

Ceratopteris pteridioides; floating fern; water sprite (aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums)

Ceratopteris thalictroides; floating fern (pantropical aquatic fern)

Holonyms ("genus Ceratopteris" is a member of...):

family Parkeriaceae; Parkeriaceae (coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae)