grass fern

grass fern
noun
epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America
Hypernyms: ↑fern
Member Holonyms: ↑Vittaria, ↑genus Vittaria

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noun
: an epiphytic tropical American fern (Vittaria lineata) with narrow linear fronds in pendent tufts; broadly : any of several other ferns of the genus Vittaria

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