noun
terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia
• Syn: ↑genus Coniogramme
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridaceae, ↑family Pteridaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑bamboo fern, ↑Coniogramme japonica
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\\ˌkōnēōˈgra(ˌ)mē\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from conio- (from Greek kōnion, diminutive of kōnos cone) + Greek grammē line; akin to Greek graphein to write — more at hone, carve
: a small genus of ferns (family Polypodiaceae) of the Pacific islands and Japan often grown for ornament and characterized by large entire or pinnate fronds and elongate sori lacking indusia and reaching from midrib to leaf margin — see bamboo fern
Useful english dictionary. 2012.