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FAMILY DENNSTAEDTIACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

Synonyms:

Dennstaedtiaceae; family Dennstaedtiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Dennstaedtiaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Dennstaedtiaceae"):

Dennstaedtia; genus Dennstaedtia (chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)

genus Pteridium; Pteridium (a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae)

Holonyms ("family Dennstaedtiaceae" is a member of...):

class Filicinae; class Filicopsida; Filicinae; Filicopsida (ferns)

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