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2024
Pteridium
Pteridium
Translingual
Proper noun
Pteridium
n
A taxonomic
genus
within the
family
Dennstaedtiaceae
–
bracken
, the most widely distributed
fern
s.
Hypernyms
(
genus
)
:
Plantae
- kingdom;
Pteridophyta
- division;
Polypodiopsida
- class;
Polypodiales
- order;
Dennstaedtiaceae
- family
Hyponyms
(
genus
)
:
Pteridium aquilinum
,
Pteridium arachnoideum
,
Pteridium caudatum
,
Pteridium centrali-africanum
,
Pteridium esculentum
,
Pteridium falcatum
,
Pteridium feei
,
Pteridium latiusculum
,
Pteridium lineare
,
Pteridium revolutum
,
Pteridium tauricum
,
Pteridium yunnanense
- accepted species
Etymology
From
Ancient Greek
πτέρις
(
ptéris
,
“
fern
”
)
.
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