PHYLLITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phyllitis mean? 

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

1. a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYLLITIS (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Phyllitis; genus Scolopendrium; Phyllitis

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Holonyms ("Phyllitis" 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))