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ACROSTICHUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae

Synonyms:

Acrostichum; genus Acrostichum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Acrostichum"):

Acrostichum aureum; golden fern; leather fern (stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides)

Holonyms ("Acrostichum" 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)

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