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POLYPODIUM

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Meaning:

A genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori

Synonyms:

genus Polypodium; Polypodium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Polypodium"):

polypody (any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium)

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

family Polypodiaceae; Polypodiaceae (ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae))

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