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MARATTIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows
Synonyms:
genus Marattia; Marattia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Marattia" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Marattia"):
Marattia salicina; potato fern (large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people)
Holonyms ("Marattia" is a member of...):
family Marattiaceae; Marattiaceae (constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds)