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GENUS CULCITA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands
Synonyms:
Culcita; genus Culcita
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Culcita" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Culcita"):
Culcita dubia; false bracken (resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland, Australia)
Holonyms ("genus Culcita" is a member of...):
Dicksoniaceae; family Dicksoniaceae (tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans)