noun
type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands
• Syn: ↑genus Cyathea
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cyatheaceae, ↑family Cyatheaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑silver tree fern, ↑sago fern, ↑black tree fern, ↑Cyathea medullaris
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\\sīˈathēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek kyatheion little cup, diminutive of kyathos cup — more at cyathus
: the type genus of the family Cyatheaceae
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Cyathˈea noun
A genus of tree-ferns, often with cup-shaped indusium, giving name to the family Cyatheāˈceae
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Main Entry: ↑cyathus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.