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ONOCLEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Onoclea mean?
• ONOCLEA (noun)
The noun ONOCLEA has 1 sense:
1. one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae
Familiarity information: ONOCLEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Onoclea; Onoclea
Hypernyms ("Onoclea" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Onoclea"):
bead fern; Onoclea sensibilis; sensitive fern (beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes)
Holonyms ("Onoclea" 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)
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