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GENUS CULCITA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands

Synonyms:

Culcita; genus Culcita

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Culcita" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Culcita"):

Culcita dubia; false bracken (resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland, Australia)

Holonyms ("genus Culcita" is a member of...):

Dicksoniaceae; family Dicksoniaceae (tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans)

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