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ATHYRIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium
Synonyms:
Athyrium; genus Athyrium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Athyrium" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Athyrium"):
Athyrium filix-femina; lady fern (most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage)
Athyrium pycnocarpon; Diplazium pycnocarpon; glade fern; narrow-leaved spleenwort; silvery spleenwort (North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks)
Holonyms ("Athyrium" is a member of...):
Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae (alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)
