noun
type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows
• Syn: ↑genus Marattia
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Marattiaceae, ↑family Marattiaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑potato fern, ↑Marattia salicina
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\\məˈrad.ēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: the type genus of Marattiaceae comprising ferns with the sporangia in two rows forming a synangium
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Marattia /mə-ratˈi-ə/
noun
A genus of ferns giving name to the Marattiāˈceae, a tropical family of very large primitive eusporangiate ferns
ORIGIN: GF Maratti (died 1777), Italian botanist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.