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Comptonia
Comptonia
Translingual
Proper noun
Comptonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Myricaceae – the sweet fern, native to eastern North America.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fagales - order; Myricaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Comptonia peregrina - sole extant species