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Salviniaceae

noun

water ferns

• Syn: ↑family Salviniaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑fern family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Filicopsida, ↑class Filicopsida, ↑Filicinae, ↑class Filicinae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Salvinia, ↑genus Salvinia, ↑Azolla, ↑genus Azolla

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\(ˌ)salˌvinēˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Salvinia, type genus + -aceae

: a small family that comprises water ferns with branching stems bearing small leaves and one-celled sporocarps containing either megasporangia or microsporangia and that in some classifications constitutes with the Marsileaceae a distinct order but is usually included in Filicales

Useful english dictionary. 2012.