(n) includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands, Syn. genus Culcita
n. a genus that includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia; terrestrial brackenlike ferns of tropical America, Malasia to Australia and Polynesia; also native in southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands. Syn. -- genus Culcita. [ WordNet 1.5 ]