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PTERIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
Synonyms:
genus Pteris; Pteris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pteris" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Pteris"):
brake (any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants)
Pteris cretica (cultivated in many varieties as houseplants)
Pteris multifida; spider brake; spider fern (Asiatic fern introduced in America)
Pteris serrulata; ribbon fern; spider fern (fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands)
Holonyms ("Pteris" is a member of...):
family Pteridaceae; Pteridaceae (one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided)
