noun
water ferns
• Syn: ↑genus Ceratopteris
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Parkeriaceae, ↑family Parkeriaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑floating fern, ↑water sprite, ↑Ceratopteris pteridioides, ↑Ceratopteris thalictroides
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\\ˌserəˈtäptərə̇s\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of aquatic ferns (family Parkeriaceae) having leaves in rosettes, the sterile floating or emergent, the fertile more erect and with margins revolute over the sporangia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.