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Definition of Phlebodium
1. Noun. Chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Polypodiaceae, Polypodiaceae
Member holonyms: Golden Polypody, Phlebodium Aureum, Polypodium Aureum, Rabbit's-foot Fern, Serpent Fern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlebodium
Literary usage of Phlebodium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Floriculture by Edward Albert White (1915)
"phlebodium is a genus closely related to Polypodium, and confused with it in ...
phlebodium aureum is one of the larger ferns and is frequently seen in ..."
2. A Monograph of the British Eocene Flora by John Starkie Gardner, Constantin Baron Ettingshausen (1882)
"The fossil presents the phlebodium type of venation, modified by a less ...
The phlebodium loops are irregularly arranged and of unequal length and breadth. ..."
3. Ferns: British and Exoticby Edward Joseph Lowe by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"IN THE SECTION phlebodium OF AUTHORS. OPINION differs as to which is the handsomest
Fern amongst the glaucous section phlebodium. ..."
4. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1864)
"phlebodium, Br.—Veins reticulated, with free included veinlets in the aréoles.
... P. (phlebodium) aureum, Linn.; caudex creeping soft scales, stipes 2 feet ..."
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