genus athyrium

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   temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium

   SynonymsAthyrium

   Broaderfern genus

   Part ofDryopteridaceae

Questions about genus athyrium

What does genus athyrium mean?

genus athyrium means "temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium".

What is another word for genus athyrium?

Close synonyms include Athyrium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus athyrium a common word?

genus athyrium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.