MICROSORIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Microsorium mean? 

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

1. tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROSORIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Microsorium; Microsorium

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Microsorium"):

climbing bird's nest fern; Microsorium punctatum (tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia)

Holonyms ("Microsorium" 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))