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Definition of Genus Onychium
1. Noun. Small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae.
Exact synonyms: Onychium
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Pteridaceae, Pteridaceae
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Pteridaceae, Pteridaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Onychium
Literary usage of Genus Onychium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"THE genus Onychium is small, and although Fee in his "Genres de la Famille ...
of the fertile fronds have induced botanists to form a genus Onychium. ..."
2. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1911)
"... modem genus Onychium has several widely distributed, chiefly tropical, species
of Japan. China, India, Persia, Abyssinia, and the East and West Indies. ..."
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