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PHYLLITIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)
Synonyms:
genus Phyllitis; genus Scolopendrium; Phyllitis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phyllitis" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Holonyms ("Phyllitis" is a member of...):
family Polypodiaceae; Polypodiaceae (ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae))