English noun: genus Pteris | |||
1. | genus Pteris (plant) large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae | ||
Synonyms | Pteris | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fern genus | ||
Member holonym | brake, Pteris cretica, Pteris multifida, Pteris serrulata, ribbon fern, spider brake, spider fern, spider fern | ||
Member meronym | family Pteridaceae, Pteridaceae | ||