Definition of Angiopteris

1. Noun. Highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall.

Exact synonyms: Angiopteris Evecta, Giant Fern
Generic synonyms: Tree Fern
Group relationships: Genus Angiopteris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Angiopteris

angioparesis
angiopathic
angiopathic haemolytic anaemia
angiopathic neurasthenia
angiopathies
angiopathy
angiophacomatosis
angioplany
angioplasties
angioplasty
angioplasty balloon
angiopoiesis
angiopoietic
angiopoietin
angiopoietins
angiopteris (current term)
angiorrhaphy
angiorrhexis
angiosarcoma
angiosarcomas
angioscope
angioscopes
angioscopy
angioscotoma
angioscotometry
angiosis
angiospasm
angiospastic

Literary usage of Angiopteris

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

1. The Eusporangiatae: The Comparative Morphology of the Ophioglossaceae and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1911)
"THE EMBRYO OF angiopteris. In angiopteris the embryo very early becomes more greatly elongated transversely than is the case in ..."

2. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"In angiopteris we fc: separate single sporangia, which are arnr^tc in two rows ... Whether we are to reckon angiopteris at "- end or at the beginning of the ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"ter plant is unknown, but it was probably brought from Borneo. Macroglossum differs from angiopteris in several important respects. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"In angiopteris abnormalities were sometimes noted, the most striking being ... angiopteris alone is provided with a genuine, though rudimentary, annulus, ..."

5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1907)
"angiopteris angustifolia Presi ex ... Faurie, south to the Sunda Islands. 104. angiopteris caudata ..."

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