Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of ferns having naked sori, composed of 2 to 10 sporangia, on the backs of veins.
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- noun type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia; South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand
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Examples
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More than once we became lost and found ourselves foolishly following animal paths that went everywhere and nowhere, disappearing into caves and rocky outcrops, stunted groves of polylepus and dense thickets of gleichenia ferns and ephedra.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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More than once we became lost and found ourselves foolishly following animal paths that went everywhere and nowhere, disappearing into caves and rocky outcrops, stunted groves of polylepus and dense thickets of gleichenia ferns and ephedra.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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