GENUS DENNSTAEDTIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae

Synonyms:

Dennstaedtia; genus Dennstaedtia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dennstaedtia"):

boulder fern; Dennstaedtia punctilobula; hay-scented; hay-scented fern; scented fern (fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay)

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

Dennstaedtiaceae; family Dennstaedtiaceae (one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems)