NOUN | plant | genus Pteris, Pteris | large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics |
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Meaning | large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae. | |
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Synonym | Pteris | |
Member of | Pteridaceae, family Pteridaceae | One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
Members | Pteris cretica | cultivated in many varieties as houseplants |
brake | Any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants | |
ribbon fern, spider fern, Pteris serrulata | fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands | |
spider brake, spider fern, Pteris multifida | Asiatic fern introduced in America | |
Broader | fern genus | genera of ferns and fern allies |
Spanish | genus pteris, pteris | |
Catalan | genus pteris, pteris, Pteris |
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