GENUS STICHERUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sticherus mean? 

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

1. umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS STICHERUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sticherus; Sticherus

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sticherus"):

fan fern; Gleichenia flabellata; Sticherus flabellatus; umbrella fern (large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia)

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

family Gleicheniaceae; Gleicheniaceae (a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales)