Akademik

Phyllitis

noun

a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)

• Syn: ↑genus Phyllitis, ↑genus Scolopendrium

• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Polypodiaceae, ↑family Polypodiaceae

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\\fə̇ˈlīd.ə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek phyllitis hart's-tongue, from phyllon leaf

: a small genus of ferns (family Polypodiaceae) with large oblong or strap-shaped fronds and linear elongated sori contiguous in pairs that give the appearance of a double indusium — see hart's-tongue 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.