Marattiaceae — prop. n. The natural family of ferns coextensive with the order {Marattiales}, consisting of chiefly tropical eusporantiate ferns with gigantic fronds. Syn: family {Marattiaceae}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Marattiaceae — Marattiopsida Mule s foot fern (Angiopteris evecta) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Marattiaceae — noun constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds • Syn: ↑family Marattiaceae • Hypernyms: ↑fern family • Member Holonyms: ↑Marattiales, ↑order Marattiales • … Useful english dictionary
Marattiaceae — ▪ fern family the giant fern family, the only family of the fern order Marattiales. The family contains four genera and some 150 modern species of large tropical and subtropical ferns with stout, erect stems. The leaves (fronds) may be very… … Universalium
fern family — noun families of ferns and fern allies • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Hymenophyllaceae, ↑family Hymenophyllaceae, ↑Osmundaceae, ↑family Osmundaceae, ↑Schizaeaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fern — fernless, adj. fernlike, adj. /ferrn/, n. any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a… … Universalium
Fern — /ferrn/, n. a female given name. * * * Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and complex leaves and reproduce by spores. Though ferns were once classified with the… … Universalium
Danaea — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Marattiopsida … Wikipedia
Marattia — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Subkingdom: Tracheobionta (Vascular plants) Division: Pteridophyta … Wikipedia
Marattiopsida — Taxobox name = Marattiopsida image width = 240px image caption = Mule s foot fern ( Angiopteris evecta ) regnum = Plantae divisio = Pteridophyta classis = Marattiopsida classis authority = Doweld ordo = Marattiales ordo authority = Link familia … Wikipedia