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CHRISTMAS FERN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
Synonyms:
canker brake; Christmas fern; dagger fern; evergreen wood fern; Polystichum acrostichoides
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Christmas fern" 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)
Holonyms ("Christmas fern" is a member of...):
genus Polystichum; Polystichum (small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae)
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