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Definition of Pteretis
1. Noun. Small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Family Athyriaceae, Family Dryopteridaceae
Member holonyms: Fiddlehead, Matteuccia Struthiopteris, Onoclea Struthiopteris, Ostrich Fern, Pteretis Struthiopteris, Shuttlecock Fern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteretis
Literary usage of Pteretis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... on an Ostrich Farm' (1891) ; Duncan, Report United States Department of
Agriculture for 1888. OSTRICH FERN, a genus (Pteretis) of ferns of the family ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Raymond W; Pteretis pensylvanica (Willd.) Fern. F • Onoclea sensibilis L.
Sensitive fern Herbaceous perennial Marshes, swamps, moist open woods and wet ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Raymond W; Pteretis pensylvanica (Willd.) Fern. F • Onoclea sensibilis L.
Sensitive fern Herbaceous perennial Marshes, swamps, moist open woods and wet ..."
4. Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (1919)
"1916) proposes to call our Ostrich-fern Pteretis nodulosa (Michx.) Nwd.
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) Moore. Common in rather moist woods and fields. ..."
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