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GENUS DENNSTAEDTIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae

Synonyms:

Dennstaedtia; genus Dennstaedtia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dennstaedtia"):

boulder fern; Dennstaedtia punctilobula; hay-scented; hay-scented fern; scented fern (fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay)

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

Dennstaedtiaceae; family Dennstaedtiaceae (one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)

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