1. tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae; [syn: Dicksonia, genus Dicksonia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Dicksonia
n 1: tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or
tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some
classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae [syn:
Dicksonia, genus Dicksonia]