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DAVALLIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

Synonyms:

Davalliaceae; family Davalliaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Davalliaceae"):

genus Davallia (Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae)

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

class Filicinae; class Filicopsida; Filicinae; Filicopsida (ferns)

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