genus Marattia

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1.genus Marattia - type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rowsMarattiafern genus - genera of ferns and fern alliesfamily Marattiaceae, Marattiaceae - constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic frondsMarattia salicina, potato fern - large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people