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Parkeriaceae

noun

coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae

• Syn: ↑family Parkeriaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑fern family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Filicales, ↑order Filicales, ↑Polypodiales, ↑order Polypodiales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Ceratopteris, ↑genus Ceratopteris

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\(ˌ)pärkirēˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Parkeria, type genus (from C. S. Parker, its 19th century discoverer) + -aceae

: a family of homosporous leptosporangiate ferns that is coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris and is sometimes included in Polypodiaceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.