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PTERETIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae
Synonyms:
genus Matteuccia; genus Pteretis; Matteuccia; Pteretis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pteretis" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Pteretis"):
fiddlehead; Matteuccia struthiopteris; Onoclea struthiopteris; ostrich fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; shuttlecock fern (tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes)
Holonyms ("Pteretis" 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)
