HELMINTHOSTACHYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Helminthostachys mean? 

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

1. one species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELMINTHOSTACHYS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Helminthostachys; Helminthostachys

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Helminthostachys"):

flowering fern; Helminthostachys zeylanica (Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds)

Holonyms ("Helminthostachys" is a member of...):

family Ophioglossaceae; Ophioglossaceae (a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution)