SOLANOPTERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Solanopteris mean? 

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

1. tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLANOPTERIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Solanopteris; Solanopteris

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Solanopteris"):

potato fern; Solanopteris bifrons (small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes)

Holonyms ("Solanopteris" 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))