Cyrtomium

noun

small 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\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: 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