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CETERACH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus
Synonyms:
Ceterach; genus Ceterach
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ceterach" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Holonyms ("Ceterach" 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))