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CYATHEA MEDULLARIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides
Synonyms:
black tree fern; Cyathea medullaris; sago fern; silver tree fern
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Hypernyms ("Cyathea medullaris" is a kind of...):
tree fern (any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae)
Holonyms ("Cyathea medullaris" is a member of...):
Cyathea; genus Cyathea (type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands)