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FAMILY OPHIOGLOSSACEAE

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Meaning:

A family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution

Synonyms:

family Ophioglossaceae; Ophioglossaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Ophioglossaceae"):

genus Ophioglossum; Ophioglossum (the type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae)

Botrychium; genus Botrychium (grape fern; moonwort)

genus Helminthostachys; Helminthostachys (one species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia)

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

Ophioglossales; order Ophioglossales (coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae)

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