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FAMILY SALVINIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Water ferns

Synonyms:

family Salviniaceae; Salviniaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Salviniaceae"):

genus Salvinia; Salvinia (type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns)

Azolla; genus Azolla (a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae)

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

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

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