GENUS CIBOTIUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

In some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds

Synonyms:

Cibotium; genus Cibotium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cibotium"):

Cibotium barometz; Scythian lamb (Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic)

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

Dicksoniaceae; family Dicksoniaceae (tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans)