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    GENUS ATHYRIUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Aspleniumplay

    Synonyms:

    Athyrium; genus Athyrium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Athyrium" is a kind of...):

    fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

    Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus 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)

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