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    GENUS MARATTIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rowsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Marattia; Marattia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Marattia"):

    Marattia salicina; potato fern (large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people)

    Holonyms ("genus Marattia" is a member of...):

    family Marattiaceae; Marattiaceae (constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds)

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