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GENUS OSMUNDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Osmunda mean?
• GENUS OSMUNDA (noun)
The noun GENUS OSMUNDA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Osmundaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS OSMUNDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Osmundaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Osmunda" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Osmunda"):
flowering fern; osmund (any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters)
Holonyms ("genus Osmunda" is a member of...):
family Osmundaceae; Osmundaceae (large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas)
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