HyperDic: genus_platycerium

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Platycerium:
NOUNplantgenus Platycerium, Platyceriumoften epiphytic tropical Old World ferns
English > genus Platycerium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningOften epiphytic tropical Old World ferns.
SynonymPlatycerium
Member ofPolypodiaceae, family Polypodiaceaeferns
Memberscommon staghorn fern, elkhorn fern, Platycerium bifurcatum, Platycerium alcicornecommonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia
staghorn fernAny of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag
Broaderfern genusgenera of ferns and fern allies
Spanishgenus platycerium, platycerium
Catalangenus platycerium, platycerium

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