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SCHIZAEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern
Synonyms:
genus Schizaea; Schizaea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Schizaea" is a kind of...):
fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Schizaea"):
curly grass; curly grass fern; Schizaea pusilla (rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts)
Holonyms ("Schizaea" is a member of...):
family Schizaeaceae; Schizaeaceae (small family of mainly tropical ferns)