noun
lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
• Syn: ↑order Marattiales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Filicopsida, ↑class Filicopsida, ↑Filicinae, ↑class Filicinae
• Member Meronyms: ↑Marattiaceae, ↑family Marattiaceae
* * *
\\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of lower ferns (class Filicineae) comprising the Marattiaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.