noun
large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas
• Syn: ↑Osmundaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑fern family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Filicales, ↑order Filicales, ↑Polypodiales, ↑order Polypodiales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Osmunda, ↑Leptopteris, ↑genus Leptopteris, ↑Todea, ↑genus Todea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.