1. a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium); [syn: Phyllitis, genus Phyllitis, genus Scolopendrium]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Phyllitis
n 1: a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in
some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)
[syn: Phyllitis, genus Phyllitis, genus
Scolopendrium]