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GENUS LEPTOPTERIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea

Synonyms:

genus Leptopteris; Leptopteris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Leptopteris"):

crape fern; Leptopteris superba; Prince-of-Wales feather; Prince-of-Wales fern; Prince-of-Wales plume; Todea superba (New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea)

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

family Osmundaceae; Osmundaceae (large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas)

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