noun
type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern
• Syn: ↑genus Schizaea
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Schizaeaceae, ↑family Schizaeaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑curly grass, ↑curly grass fern, ↑Schizaea pusilla
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\\skə̇ˈzēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek schizein to split
: a genus (the type of the family Schizaeaceae) of small leptosporangiate ferns with filiform or linear fronds and the sporangia in close distichous spikes — see curly grass
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Schizaea /-zēˈə/ noun
A tropical genus of ferns giving name to the family Schizaeāˈceae, with sporangia splitting longitudinally by an apical annulus
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Main Entry: ↑schizo-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.