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Pteridium

noun

a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Pteridium

• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Dennstaedtiaceae, ↑family Dennstaedtiaceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑bracken, ↑pasture brake, ↑brake, ↑Pteridium aquilinum, ↑Pteridium esculentum

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\\təˈridēəm, teˈr-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Pterid-, Pteris + -ium

: a genus of ferns that are related to and sometimes included in Pteris and that have in addition to the false indusium formed by the frond margin a true indusium on the inner side of the sori — see bracken

Useful english dictionary. 2012.