GENUS CERATOPTERIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Water ferns

Synonyms:

Ceratopteris; genus Ceratopteris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Ceratopteris" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ceratopteris"):

Ceratopteris pteridioides; floating fern; water sprite (aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums)

Ceratopteris thalictroides; floating fern (pantropical aquatic fern)

Holonyms ("genus Ceratopteris" is a member of...):

family Parkeriaceae; Parkeriaceae (coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae)