1 definition found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Pteridaceae noun: one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided [syn: {family Pteridaceae}]

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