noun
ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae)
• Syn: ↑Polypodiaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑fern family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Filicales, ↑order Filicales, ↑Polypodiales, ↑order Polypodiales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Polypodium, ↑genus Polypodium, ↑Aglaomorpha, ↑genus Aglaomorpha, ↑Campyloneurum, ↑genus Campyloneurum, ↑Drymoglossum, ↑genus Drymoglossum, ↑Drynaria, ↑genus Drynaria, ↑genus Lecanopteris, ↑Microgramma, ↑genus Microgramma, ↑Microsorium, ↑genus Microsorium, ↑Phlebodium, ↑genus Phlebodium, ↑Platycerium, ↑genus Platycerium, ↑Pyrrosia, ↑genus Pyrrosia, ↑Solanopteris, ↑genus Solanopteris, ↑Cyclophorus, ↑genus Cyclophorus, ↑Ceterach, ↑genus Ceterach, ↑Phyllitis, ↑genus Phyllitis, ↑genus Scolopendrium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.