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ADIANTUM

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Meaning:

Cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceaeplay

Synonyms:

Adiantum; genus Adiantum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Adiantum" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Adiantum"):

maidenhair; maidenhair fern (any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds)

Holonyms ("Adiantum" is a member of...):

family Pteridaceae; Pteridaceae (one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided)

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