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    PTERIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pteris; Pteris

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

    Meronyms (members of "Pteris"):

    brake (any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants)

    Pteris cretica (cultivated in many varieties as houseplants)

    Pteris multifida; spider brake; spider fern (Asiatic fern introduced in America)

    Pteris serrulata; ribbon fern; spider fern (fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands)

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

    family Pteridaceae; Pteridaceae (one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided)

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