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filical

filical adjective: belonging to the former taxonomic class Filices (ferns).

Adjective

filical (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Belonging to the former taxonomic class Filices (ferns).
    • the filical flora of Minnesota

Origin of filical

From taxonomic name Filices + -al.

Questions about filical

What does filical mean?
Filical means belonging to the former taxonomic class Filices (ferns).
What part of speech is filical?
Filical is an adjective.

Words near filical in the dictionary

  1. filibusterism
  2. filibusterous
  3. filibusters
  4. filibustress
  5. filibuvir
  6. filical
  7. filicalean
  8. filicane
  9. filicanes
  10. filicic
  11. filicic acid

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