noun
one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided
• Syn: ↑family Pteridaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑fern family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Filicales, ↑order Filicales, ↑Polypodiales, ↑order Polypodiales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Acrostichum, ↑genus Acrostichum, ↑Actiniopteris, ↑genus Actiniopteris, ↑Adiantum, ↑genus Adiantum, ↑Anogramma, ↑genus Anogramma, ↑Cheilanthes, ↑genus Cheilanthes, ↑Coniogramme, ↑genus Coniogramme, ↑Cryptogramma, ↑genus Cryptogramma, ↑Doryopteris, ↑genus Doryopteris, ↑Jamesonia, ↑genus Jamesonia, ↑Onychium, ↑genus Onychium, ↑Pellaea, ↑genus Pellaea, ↑Pityrogramma, ↑genus Pityrogramma, ↑Pteris, ↑genus Pteris
Useful english dictionary. 2012.