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Ceratopteris

noun

water ferns

• Syn: ↑genus Ceratopteris

• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Parkeriaceae, ↑family Parkeriaceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑floating fern, ↑water sprite, ↑Ceratopteris pteridioides, ↑Ceratopteris thalictroides

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\\ˌserəˈtäptərə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from cerat- + -pteris

: a genus of aquatic ferns (family Parkeriaceae) having leaves in rosettes, the sterile floating or emergent, the fertile more erect and with margins revolute over the sporangia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.