GENUS THELYPTERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Thelypteris mean? 

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

1. marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS THELYPTERIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Thelypteris; Thelypteris

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Thelypteris"):

Dryopteris thelypteris; marsh fern; Thelypteris palustris (fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions)

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

family Thelypteridaceae; Thelypteridaceae (genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others)