SCHIZAEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Schizaea mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHIZAEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Schizaea; Schizaea

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Schizaea"):

curly grass; curly grass fern; Schizaea pusilla (rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts)

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

family Schizaeaceae; Schizaeaceae (small family of mainly tropical ferns)