genus pteridium

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   a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae

   SynonymsPteridium

   Broaderfern genus

   Part ofDennstaedtiaceae

Questions about genus pteridium

What does genus pteridium mean?

genus pteridium means "a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae".

What is another word for genus pteridium?

Close synonyms include Pteridium. 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 pteridium a common word?

genus pteridium 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.