Definition of Todea

1. Noun. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Todea
Group relationships: Family Osmundaceae, Osmundaceae
Member holonyms: Crepe Fern, King Fern, Todea Barbara
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Todea

Tocantins River
Tocharian
Tocharian A
Tocharian B
Tocharians
Tochigi
Tocqueville
Tocquevillian
Tod's muscle
Toda
Todaro
Todd
Todd's paralysis
Todd's postepileptic paralysis
Todd unit
Todea (current term)
Todea barbara
Todea superba
Todidae
Todus
Tofieldia
Tofieldia pusilla
Tofinu
Tofinus
Tofranil
Togarmah
Togaviridae
Togliatti
Togo

Literary usage of Todea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"Todea. Amongst the Osmundaceae some species of the genus Todea—T. pellucida, T. superba, and their allies which form the section ..."

2. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1870)
"The species now under notice is, no doubt, closely allied to Todea Fraseri ; but is of larger growth, with an arborescent habit, while the lower pinnae are ..."

3. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe, Alexander Francis Lydon, Benjamin Fawcett (1867)
"It will be seen that I have united under Todea ... barbarum of Linnaeus, and Todea rivularis of Sieber. A warm greenhouse species. Native of South Africa, ..."

4. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"It will be seen that I have united under Todea Africana the two Ferns known as Acrostichum barbarum of Linnaeus, and Todea rivularis of Sieher. ..."

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