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FAMILY MARATTIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds
Synonyms:
family Marattiaceae; Marattiaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Marattiaceae" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "family Marattiaceae"):
genus Marattia; Marattia (type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows)
genus Angiopteris (one species: tree fern)
Danaea; genus Danaea (fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America)
Holonyms ("family Marattiaceae" is a member of...):
Marattiales; order Marattiales (lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae)