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MICROGRAMMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Microgramma mean?
• MICROGRAMMA (noun)
The noun MICROGRAMMA has 1 sense:
1. epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa
Familiarity information: MICROGRAMMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Microgramma; Microgramma
Hypernyms ("Microgramma" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Microgramma"):
Microgramma-piloselloides; snake polypody (epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America)
Holonyms ("Microgramma" 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))
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