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PYRROSIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World
Synonyms:
genus Pyrrosia; Pyrrosia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pyrrosia" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Pyrrosia"):
Cyclophorus lingua; felt fern; Pyrrosia lingua; tongue fern (east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus)
Holonyms ("Pyrrosia" 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))