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BALL FERN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia
Synonyms:
ball fern; Davalia bullata; Davalia bullata mariesii; Davallia Mariesii; squirrel's-foot fern
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ball fern" is a kind of...):
davallia (any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes)
Holonyms ("ball fern" is a member of...):
genus Davallia (Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae)