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GENUS LEPTOPTERIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leptopteris mean?
• GENUS LEPTOPTERIS (noun)
The noun GENUS LEPTOPTERIS has 1 sense:
1. including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea
Familiarity information: GENUS LEPTOPTERIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Leptopteris; Leptopteris
Hypernyms ("genus Leptopteris" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Leptopteris"):
crape fern; Leptopteris superba; Prince-of-Wales feather; Prince-of-Wales fern; Prince-of-Wales plume; Todea superba (New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea)
Holonyms ("genus Leptopteris" is a member of...):
family Osmundaceae; Osmundaceae (large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas)
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