- Cyrtomium
- nounsmall genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae• Syn: ↑genus Cyrtomium• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Dryopteridaceae, ↑family Dryopteridaceae, ↑Athyriaceae, ↑family Athyriaceae
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\\-ˈtōmēəm\ nounUsage: capitalizedEtymology: New Latin, from Greek kyrtōma bulge, convexity (from kyrtos bulging, crooked, convex) + New Latin -ium — more at cyrt-: a small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns (family Polypodiaceae) with anastomosing veins
Useful english dictionary. 2012.