GENUS CYRTOMIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cyrtomium mean? 

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

1. small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CYRTOMIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cyrtomium; genus Cyrtomium

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

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

Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae (alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)