noun
tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later
• Syn: ↑Polybotrya, ↑Polybotria, ↑genus Polybotria
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dryopteridaceae, ↑family Dryopteridaceae, ↑Athyriaceae, ↑family Athyriaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.