noun
a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
• Syn: ↑Ophioglossaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑fern family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ophioglossales, ↑order Ophioglossales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Ophioglossum, ↑genus Ophioglossum, ↑Botrychium, ↑genus Botrychium, ↑Helminthostachys, ↑genus Helminthostachys
Useful english dictionary. 2012.