serpent fern

serpent fern
noun
tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium
Hypernyms: ↑fern
Member Holonyms: ↑Phlebodium, ↑genus Phlebodium

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noun
: a tropical often epiphytic American fern (Phlebodium aureum) with brown scaly rhizomes often cultivated for its large simple deeply lobed fronds

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