POLYBOTRYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polybotrya mean? 

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

1. tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYBOTRYA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Polybotria; genus Polybotrya; Polybotria; Polybotrya

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Holonyms ("Polybotrya" 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)