Marattia

Marattia
noun
type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows
Syn: ↑genus Marattia
Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Marattiaceae, ↑family Marattiaceae
Member Meronyms: ↑potato fern, ↑Marattia salicina

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\\məˈrad.ēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Giovanni Francesco Maratti died 1777 Italian botanist + New Latin -ia
: the type genus of Marattiaceae comprising ferns with the sporangia in two rows forming a synangium

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Marattia /mə-ratˈi-ə/
noun
A genus of ferns giving name to the Marattiāˈceae, a tropical family of very large primitive eusporangiate ferns
ORIGIN: GF Maratti (died 1777), Italian botanist

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