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Platycerium

noun

often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns

• Syn: ↑genus Platycerium

• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Polypodiaceae, ↑family Polypodiaceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑staghorn fern, ↑common staghorn fern, ↑elkhorn fern, ↑Platycerium bifurcatum, ↑Platycerium alcicorne

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsirēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from platy- + Greek kērion honeycomb (from kēros wax) — more at cereus

: a genus of tropical Old World ferns (family Polypodiaceae) that are mostly epiphytic and have large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag — see staghorn fern

Useful english dictionary. 2012.