Definition of Family Marattiaceae

1. Noun. Constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds.

Exact synonyms: Marattiaceae
Generic synonyms: Fern Family
Group relationships: Marattiales, Order Marattiales
Member holonyms: Genus Marattia, Marattia, Genus Angiopteris, Danaea, Genus Danaea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Marattiaceae

family Macropodidae
family Macrorhamphosidae
family Macrouridae
family Macruridae
family Magnoliaceae
family Majidae
family Malacanthidae
family Malpighiaceae
family Malvaceae
family Mammutidae
family Manidae
family Manteidae
family Mantidae
family Mantispidae
family Marantaceae
family Marattiaceae (current term)
family Marchantiaceae
family Marsileaceae
family Martyniaceae
family Mastodontidae
family Mastotermitidae
family Mayacaceae
family Megachilidae
family Megadermatidae
family Megalonychidae
family Megalosauridae
family Megapodiidae
family Megatheriidae
family Melampsoraceae
family Melanthiaceae

Literary usage of Family Marattiaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Evolution of Plants by Dukinfield Henry Scott (1911)
"... Professor Sachs used to teach that Cycads were descended from Ferns of the family Marattiaceae, and this view may prove to come very near the truth. ..."

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