THYRSOPTERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thyrsopteris mean? 

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

1. a terrestrial tree fern of South America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THYRSOPTERIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrestrial tree fern of South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

thyrsopteris; Thyrsopteris elegans

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

tree fern (any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae)

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

genus Thyrsopteris (one species)