Akademik

Pityrogramma

noun

terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Pityrogramma

• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridaceae, ↑family Pteridaceae

• Member Meronyms:

↑silver fern, ↑Pityrogramma argentea, ↑Pityrogramma calomelanos, ↑golden fern, ↑Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava, ↑gold fern, ↑Pityrogramma chrysophylla

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\\ˌpid.ərōˈgramə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pityron bran + gramma letter — more at gram

: a small genus of terrestrial tropical ferns (family Polypodiaceae) that have fronds with a powdery yellowish or white undersurface and linear dorsal sori — see gold fern, silver fern

Useful english dictionary. 2012.