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SCHIZAEA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern

Synonyms:

genus Schizaea; Schizaea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Schizaea"):

curly grass; curly grass fern; Schizaea pusilla (rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts)

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

family Schizaeaceae; Schizaeaceae (small family of mainly tropical ferns)

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