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DRYNARIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia
Synonyms:
Drynaria; genus Drynaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Drynaria" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Drynaria"):
basket fern; Drynaria rigidula (giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia)
Holonyms ("Drynaria" 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))