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GENUS ASPLENIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
Synonyms:
Asplenium; genus Asplenium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Asplenium" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Asplenium"):
spleenwort (any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium)
Asplenium nidus; bird's nest fern (tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches)
Asplenium scolopendrium; hart's-tongue; hart's-tongue fern; Phyllitis scolopendrium (Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds)
Asplenium ceterach; Ceterach officinarum; scale fern; scaly fern (small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds)
Holonyms ("genus Asplenium" is a member of...):
Aspleniaceae; family Aspleniaceae (one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria)
