GENUS STICHERUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand

Synonyms:

genus Sticherus; Sticherus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sticherus"):

fan fern; Gleichenia flabellata; Sticherus flabellatus; umbrella fern (large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia)

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

family Gleicheniaceae; Gleicheniaceae (a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales)