PTERETIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pteretis mean? 

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

1. small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTERETIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Matteuccia; genus Pteretis; Matteuccia; Pteretis

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Pteretis"):

fiddlehead; Matteuccia struthiopteris; Onoclea struthiopteris; ostrich fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; shuttlecock fern (tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes)

Holonyms ("Pteretis" 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)