Definition of Pteretis

1. Noun. Small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteretis

Pss.
Psyche
Psyche knot
Psyche knots
Psychodidae
Psychopsis
Psychopsis krameriana
Psychopsis papilio
Psychotria
Psychotria capensis
Psyllidae
Pt
Ptah
Pte
Pterelas
Pteretis (current term)
Pteretis struthiopteris
Pteridaceae
Pteridium
Pteridium aquilinum
Pteridium esculentum
Pteridophyta
Pteriidae
Pteris
Pteris cretica
Pteris multifida
Pteris serrulata

Literary usage of Pteretis

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... on an Ostrich Farm' (1891) ; Duncan, Report United States Department of Agriculture for 1888. OSTRICH FERN, a genus (Pteretis) of ferns of the family ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Raymond W; Pteretis pensylvanica (Willd.) Fern. F • Onoclea sensibilis L. Sensitive fern Herbaceous perennial Marshes, swamps, moist open woods and wet ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Raymond W; Pteretis pensylvanica (Willd.) Fern. F • Onoclea sensibilis L. Sensitive fern Herbaceous perennial Marshes, swamps, moist open woods and wet ..."

4. Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (1919)
"1916) proposes to call our Ostrich-fern Pteretis nodulosa (Michx.) Nwd. Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) Moore. Common in rather moist woods and fields. ..."

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