ten-day fern

ten-day fern
noun
widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
Hypernyms: ↑fern
Member Holonyms: ↑Rumohra, ↑genus Rumohra

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noun
: a widely distributed tropical fern (Polystichum adiantiforme) in which the ultimate pinnae of the large fronds resemble those of the maidenhair

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