| has gloss | (noun) families of ferns and fern allies
fern family |
| lexicalization | eng: fern family |
| subclass of | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
family |
| has subclass | (noun) terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
Hymenophyllaceae, family Hymenophyllaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas
Osmundaceae, family Osmundaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) small family of mainly tropical ferns
Schizaeaceae, family Schizaeaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) clover ferns
Marsileaceae, family Marsileaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) water ferns
family Salviniaceae, Salviniaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) used in some classifications for the genus Azolla
family Azollaceae, Azollaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
family Ophioglossaceae, Ophioglossaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales
family Gleicheniaceae, Gleicheniaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae
Parkeriaceae, family Parkeriaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) 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)
family Polypodiaceae, Polypodiaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
family Adiantaceae, Adiantaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria
family Vittariaceae, Vittariaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria
Aspleniaceae, family Aspleniaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia
family Blechnaceae, Blechnaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical tree ferns
family Cyatheaceae, Cyatheaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Davalliaceae, family Davalliaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
family Dennstaedtiaceae, Dennstaedtiaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans
family Dicksoniaceae, Dicksoniaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) small family of usually scandent ferns
family Lomariopsidaceae, Lomariopsidaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) very small family of tree ferns
Lophosoriaceae, family Lophosoriaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) very small family of New Zealand ferns
Loxomataceae, family Loxomataceae |
| has subclass | (noun) one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Oleandraceae, family Oleandraceae |
| has subclass | (noun) one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided
family Pteridaceae, Pteridaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds
family Marattiaceae, Marattiaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves
family Psilotaceae, Psilotaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) Paleozoic plants
family Psilophytaceae, Psilophytaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) primitive plants of the Paleozoic
family Rhyniaceae, Rhyniaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
family Equisetaceae, Equisetaceae, horsetail family |
| has subclass | (noun) fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk
family Lepidodendraceae, Lepidodendraceae |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales
clubmoss family, family Lycopodiaceae, Lycopodiaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses
family Selaginellaceae, Selaginellaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes
quillwort family, family Isoetaceae, Isoetaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Cryptogrammataceae, family Cryptogrammataceae |
| has subclass | (noun) genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others
Thelypteridaceae, family Thelypteridaceae |