Pteris

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Pteris - large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceaegenus Pterisfern genus - genera of ferns and fern alliesfamily Pteridaceae, Pteridaceae - 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 subdividedbrake - any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplantsPteris cretica - cultivated in many varieties as houseplantsPteris multifida, spider brake, spider fern - Asiatic fern introduced in AmericaPteris serrulata, ribbon fern, spider fern - fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands