Culcita n 1: 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: {Culcita}, {genus Culcita}]
Culcita \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]