family Ophioglossaceae

family Ophioglossaceae
noun
a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
Syn: ↑Ophioglossaceae
Hypernyms: ↑fern family
Member Holonyms: ↑Ophioglossales, ↑order Ophioglossales

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