PTERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pteris mean? 

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

1. large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTERIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pteris; Pteris

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Pteris"):

brake (any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants)

Pteris cretica (cultivated in many varieties as houseplants)

Pteris multifida; spider brake; spider fern (Asiatic fern introduced in America)

Pteris serrulata; ribbon fern; spider fern (fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands)

Holonyms ("Pteris" is a member of...):

family Pteridaceae; Pteridaceae (one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided)