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    FAMILY GLEICHENIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of ferns belonging to order Filicalesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Gleicheniaceae; Gleicheniaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Gleicheniaceae" is a kind of...):

    fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

    Meronyms (members of "family Gleicheniaceae"):

    genus Gleichenia; Gleichenia (type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia; South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand)

    Dicranopteris; genus Dicranopteris (terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground; pantropical)

    Diplopterygium; genus Diplopterygium (scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific)

    genus Sticherus; Sticherus (umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand)

    Holonyms ("family Gleicheniaceae" is a member of...):

    Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)

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