GYMNOCARPIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnocarpium mean? 

• GYMNOCARPIUM (noun)
  The noun GYMNOCARPIUM has 1 sense:

1. oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris

  Familiarity information: GYMNOCARPIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYMNOCARPIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Gymnocarpium; Gymnocarpium

Hypernyms ("Gymnocarpium" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Gymnocarpium"):

Gymnocarpium dryopteris; oak fern; Thelypteris dryopteris (bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere)

Holonyms ("Gymnocarpium" 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)