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THELYPTERIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae
Synonyms:
genus Thelypteris; Thelypteris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Thelypteris" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Thelypteris"):
Dryopteris thelypteris; marsh fern; Thelypteris palustris (fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions)
Holonyms ("Thelypteris" is a member of...):
family Thelypteridaceae; Thelypteridaceae (genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others)