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OLEANDRACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

Synonyms:

family Oleandraceae; Oleandraceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Oleandraceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Oleandraceae"):

genus Oleandra; Oleandra (or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns)

Arthropteris; genus Arthropteris (tropical and subtropical Old World epiphytic or lithophytic ferns)

genus Nephrolepis; Nephrolepis (small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae)

Holonyms ("Oleandraceae" is a member of...):

Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)

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