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ACROSTICHUM AUREUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
Synonyms:
Acrostichum aureum; golden fern; leather fern
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Acrostichum aureum" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Holonyms ("Acrostichum aureum" is a member of...):
Acrostichum; genus Acrostichum (in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)
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