Associations to the word «Pteris»

Wiktionary

PTERIS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae   — the brakes, tropical and subtropical ferns.

Dictionary definition

PTERIS, noun. Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae.

Wise words

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