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MICROGRAMMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa

Synonyms:

genus Microgramma; Microgramma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Microgramma"):

Microgramma-piloselloides; snake polypody (epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America)

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

family Polypodiaceae; Polypodiaceae (ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae))

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