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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of ferns having large, much-divided fronds, and small sori placed close to the margin of the frond at the apex of a vein.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A genus of tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Cyatheaceae.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae

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