GENUS MARATTIA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows

Synonyms:

genus Marattia; Marattia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Marattia"):

Marattia salicina; potato fern (large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people)

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

family Marattiaceae; Marattiaceae (constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds)