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GENUS HELMINTHOSTACHYS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
One species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia
Synonyms:
genus Helminthostachys; Helminthostachys
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Helminthostachys" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "genus Helminthostachys"):
flowering fern; Helminthostachys zeylanica (Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds)
Holonyms ("genus Helminthostachys" is a member of...):
family Ophioglossaceae; Ophioglossaceae (a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution)