noun
ferns
• Syn: ↑Filicopsida, ↑class Filicopsida, ↑Filicinae
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridophyta, ↑division Pteridophyta
• Member Meronyms:
↑fern, ↑Schizaeaceae, ↑family Schizaeaceae, ↑Marsileaceae, ↑family Marsileaceae, ↑Salviniaceae, ↑family Salviniaceae, ↑Ophioglossales, ↑order Ophioglossales, ↑Filicales, ↑order Filicales, ↑Polypodiales, ↑order Polypodiales, ↑Adiantaceae, ↑family Adiantaceae, ↑Cyatheaceae, ↑family Cyatheaceae, ↑Davalliaceae, ↑family Davalliaceae, ↑Dennstaedtiaceae, ↑family Dennstaedtiaceae, ↑Dryopteridaceae, ↑family Dryopteridaceae, ↑Athyriaceae, ↑family Athyriaceae, ↑Lomariopsidaceae, ↑family Lomariopsidaceae, ↑Lophosoriaceae, ↑family Lophosoriaceae, ↑Loxomataceae, ↑family Loxomataceae, ↑Marattiales, ↑order Marattiales, ↑Cryptogrammataceae, ↑family Cryptogrammataceae, ↑Thelypteridaceae, ↑family Thelypteridaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.