GENUS POLYPODIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Polypodium mean? 

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

1. a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS POLYPODIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Polypodium; Polypodium

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Polypodium"):

polypody (any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium)

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

family Polypodiaceae; Polypodiaceae (ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae))