GENUS ONOCLEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Onoclea mean? 

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

1. one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ONOCLEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Onoclea; Onoclea

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Onoclea"):

bead fern; Onoclea sensibilis; sensitive fern (beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes)

Holonyms ("genus Onoclea" 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)