giant fern

giant fern
noun
highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall
Hypernyms: ↑tree fern
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Angiopteris

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noun
: either of two ferns:
b. : a fern (Acrostichum excelsum) with smooth woody unarmed petioles

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