GRAPE FERN

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Meaning:

A fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("grape 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grape fern"):

Botrychium lunaria; common moonwort; moonwort (of America and Eurasia and Australia)

Botrychium multifidum; leathery grape fern (European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds)

Botrychium virginianum; rattlesnake fern (American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle)

Holonyms ("grape fern" is a member of...):

Botrychium; genus Botrychium (grape fern; moonwort)